The WALL-E problem: why we should hug more (complete with monkeys and a musical!)

Why We Should Hug More (Complete With Monkeys and A Musical!) My generation would probably not object to being part cyborg.Slightly sarcastic.outwardly cynical.and privately optimistic.we go about our days hand in hand with the latest digital innovations.Inheritors of the legacy left by our parents.we are simultaneously terrified and hopeful for it.And.like naive children.we are all too eager to ignore the bad and focus on the good.Distracting ourselves with the new smart phone.we criticize.mock.and ignore the problems left by our forefathers.But we do not completely separate from them-how can we.when it's part of the world we live in?In fact, we try to fix each problem our own way: with social media, with our phones and gadgets.It's in this fixing where we go wrong.We replace relationships with connections, and wonder why the latter is not enough.We build mechanical marvels that, in the end, are used to replace our humanity.Living in our heads, we huddle behind the bright glare of screens, altering the world in a way that makes us no different from the robots we create.This is not good.In this essay, I will attempt to answer this question: how do we balance the digital world with our physical one and, in doing so, address the human condition -our inherent loneliness.