Ihlaya elikhulu esihlokweni sothando, usomahlaya odumile waseMelika u-Aziz Ansari, ehambisana noprofesa wesayensi yezokuhlalisana kwabantu eNyuvesi yaseNew York u-Eric Klinenberg, benze ucwaningo oluthathe iminyaka emibili ngobudlelwano bothando.
Amakhulukhulu ezingxoxo, izinhlolovo eziku-inthanethi, amaqembu okugxilwe kuwo emhlabeni jikelele, ukuphawula kwezazi zezokuhlalisana kwabantu kanye nezazi zokusebenza kwengqondo ukuze kuqondwe ukuthi yini eshintshile nokuthi yini engashintshile. Isiphetho sizisikisela kanje: abantu besikhathi esidlule babefuna nje ukuphila ngokuthula nomndeni, futhi abantu ababephila ngaleso sikhathi bakhetha ukugijima befuna uthando olufanele. Ngokombono wemizwa, cishe azikho izinguquko: Ngifuna ukuthandwa nokujabula impilo yami yonke, kodwa angifuni ukuzwa ubuhlungu. Izinkimbinkimbi zokuxhumana zisafana, kuphela manje zivezwa ngendlela ehlukile: “Shaya ucingo? Noma uthumele i-SMS? noma “Kungani engithumelele i-emoji ye-pizza?” Ngamafuphi nje, ababhali abasiboni isizathu sokwandisa idrama.
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