Multiple paradoxes plague our times. The strangest of which, is the rise of the loneliest generation, at a time when the earth is most crowded. The human brain, like mycelium, craves connections. That’s how we grow, that’s how we learn and that’s how we survive as a civilisation. But what happens when there is nothing physical or tangible to hold on to, grow from, or grow with? A whole bunch of people, almost like me, who dislike going out and interacting with people in person, end up spending an unhealthy amount of time online in search of the same. We start to confuse the virtual for real, and the lines of reality start to blur at a rapid pace. As is visibly obvious from the sudden and violent upturn of the most toxic and addicting fandoms online, and with them the rise & rise of Para-social relationships.
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