We hate other people when latency becomes intolerable. As soon as a task is about speed, other humans feel like an irritating inconvenience. The Uber driver’s small talk annoys us. We wish we were in a Waymo. The cashier’s tip screen feels like a micro-ransom when all we want is a bottle of water. Elevator operators, switchboard attendants, bank... See more

Restaurants are another example, which is probably why so many cities feel so spiritually empty and fragmentary, without culture as they’re more suburban venues for people to go from place to place to eat prepared foods versus getting together to prepare foods together, to break literal bread that they made. You can’t replace (or make) community... See more