It's so important now to go out and actually connect with people — to meet, to talk, not just stare at a screen. Ten years ago, we used to say: don't just message the person living in your phone, the one we called an "online friend."

But ten years later, the one on the other side of the screen isn't even a person anymore.

And that's the sad truth, isn't it? The way we relate to new technology is always one step behind the technology itself.

Hell, even the replies to this post might not have been written by a human.