We’re Not Wired to Be This Alone

When the lockdown began — the orders to avoid travel, to avoid friends, to “shelter in place,” to shrink our worlds to the slightest physical dimensions endurable — my first impression was of how quickly and ingeniously we adapted. Abracadabra: Classrooms went online. Physicians and therapists used Zoom to see patients. Happy hour happened on FaceTime.

We’re going to realize, I thought, how much can be accomplished without the muss and fuss of actually meeting in person. Many of our activities will migrate into cyberspace forevermore.

Weeks later, I think...