Human Connection and Technology: Transcending Physical Space and Time In the Name of Desire and Survival

“already on the international level, the major contradiction is no longer between Right and Left, liberalism and socialism, fascism and communism, ‘totalitarianism’ and ‘democracy’. It is between those who want the world to be one-dimensional and those who support a plural world grounded in the diversity of cultures, between those who defend the cause of peoples and those who defend the rights and duties of the citizens who constitute them.”

— Alain de Benoist

Have you ever lost your love in terms of distance? You feel a longing for that person. Now, let us travel back in time to the start of Communism in China. Before marriage, my father, in China wrote letters to my mother in Canada once a week, my mother replied every two weeks for four years across the Pacific Ocean. Today, I ache for my boyfriend across the border. Today is the age of instant gratification. I am part of a generation that grew up on microwave leftovers, instant rice cookers, and granola bars that tumble out of vending machines after pressing a few buttons. My generation does not need to wait for Mr. Right or Ms. Perfect before engaging in sexual pleasures. While we grew our breasts and pimples, Google grew with us, answering every curiosity we may have in lightning speed.