When we engage in heavy texting with our potential partner, it gradually and seamlessly replaces a real interaction; it becomes the ultimate surrogate to real intimacy, and because of the amount of effort that is put into these texts, there is a deceitful sense of accomplishment that demotivates further efforts to meet in person.
By the same token, if you step onto the path of a complete digital experience, eliminating even the remotest sense of connection, such as texting someone you know already, you build yourself an alternate reality, where your world is built of appealing male and female avatars and where you play by rules that do not necessarily replicate the rules, norms and traditions of real world. It may be creative and very inspirational; however, if this becomes the world to which you resort during most of your idle hours, it can be concluded that most people from your nearest circles and a potential love partner have all lost you to the world of pure fiction.
In this alternate world, you satisfy all of your urgent needs: from camaraderie interactions to intimate fantasies and love aspirations. By the time you exit this reality and find yourself back in the very physical, pragmatic, and even cynical environment, you may find yourself unprepared and exhausted in advance.
But what if we design tools and spaces that would, on the contrary, aid our relationships and make them more enriching and satisfying? The kind that would encourage you to always stay present and explore more of it, instead of resorting to the alternate reality that is built on pure algorithms?
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