Imagine, for a moment, that you're an archaeologist in the year 2125, carefully sifting through the remnants of early 21st-century civilisation to discover a troubling question: How did a species that mastered global connection become more isolated than any civilisation before it?

As you dust off these artefacts, a strange picture begins to form. In their drive to connect, the people of this time created systems that minimised the need for human interaction. In their attempt to optimise for convenience, speed and efficiency, they eliminated the very thing that made life meaningful - human connection.

It's almost like discovering that an ancient civilisation designed the most sophisticated irrigation system ever created, only to die of thirst because they forgot to drink the water. They solved one problem, only to create another, bigger one.

Consider the self-checkout machine, an invention that future archaeologists will likely find fascinating. For generations, buying groceries required a brief, human exchange. You made eye contact, maybe shared a quick........

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