simultaneous simultaneously, because the connection is less belly to belly, and more in the ambient space. i m interested to hear your thoughts, eric, to hear the anecdotal, and experience the rise of loneliness, connectivity, and causation coming into play. we have all these new ways to connect with each other and a big new technology, the internet, that transformed the way we connect. it is often the case that when the telephone, television, some new steed media comes in, everyone gets anxious and worried that we will be isolated. the first issue and we should clear this up in the beginning. there is not a single shred of evidence to find in the vast amount of literature on loneliness that says we are more lonely than ever today. so i think if we can agree on