[jkhdigital]

That begs the question of how those friendships came to exist in the first place. I’m of the last generation that had a largely analog childhood, where friendships were the natural outcome of being bored and in the physical presence of others. If our technology reaches a place where people basically never have to be bored, nor do they have to be physically present with others to alleviate boredom, then I wonder on what basis anyone would ever develop deep relationships outside of family.

[germinalphrase]

Seems like a pretty natural consequence of robotic companions as well. Why put up with all the complexity of a human relationship?