This article is spot on. How many times have we spent hours at the computer instead of taking the opportunity to go out and meet someone new or even get together with friends? And why? Because we fear rejection. It simply seems safer to connect over a wireless network than across a table.

And when you do go out what do you see at even the finest restaurants? People sitting together and yet totally apart. They are each on their cell phones texting or checking emails or surfing the net. The saddest thing is that kids are now doing it. How are they supposed to have the social skills to interact? Or even to know that one on one interaction is normal and exciting and beautiful.

I absolutely love the experiment that was done here. It would be so cool if we all replicated it and posted our results here. It could be as easy as buying someone a cup of coffee at your local Starbucks and striking up a conversation.