[doctorstupid]

"Solo connects us in these moments when we are most authentic to ourselves"

If we were authentic to ourselves we wouldn't need to share experiences. We wouldn't need an audience to authenticate them if we valued ourselves as worthy witnesses.

[jesperlang]

> If we were authentic to ourselves we wouldn't need to share experiences

And sometimes, the experience is already shared with other people!

[doctorstupid]

Very true. When friends fetch their smartphones to 'capture' the moment I suddenly feel lonely, getting the feeling that we no longer value our own memory, that only what can be digitally shared and verified is real. So we end up talking to the digital middleman whilst failing to remember the 'shared' moment.