Sam Pressler

that then ended up pushing them away from those very values that we're talking about. So when I hear you, Wahini, that's a tool for, as Ivan Ilyich would say, a tool for conviviality. It's a tool designed for interaction and for relationship, not for the outcomes of the market. Yeah.

that then ended up pushing them away from those very values that we're talking about. So when I hear you, Wahini, that's a tool for, as Ivan Ilyich would say, a tool for conviviality. It's a tool designed for interaction and for relationship, not for the outcomes of the market. Yeah.

Yeah, exactly.

Yeah, exactly.

Yeah, exactly.

I have so many thoughts on this. In the perspective of can this be a tool that's useful? Okay, in a period of time where you've lost a loved one, where you've experienced some like acute isolation and having something to kind of interact with in a short period of time, that feels like a tool that could be useful for people in acute periods of challenge.

I have so many thoughts on this. In the perspective of can this be a tool that's useful? Okay, in a period of time where you've lost a loved one, where you've experienced some like acute isolation and having something to kind of interact with in a short period of time, that feels like a tool that could be useful for people in acute periods of challenge.

I have so many thoughts on this. In the perspective of can this be a tool that's useful? Okay, in a period of time where you've lost a loved one, where you've experienced some like acute isolation and having something to kind of interact with in a short period of time, that feels like a tool that could be useful for people in acute periods of challenge.

At the same time, if you look at apps like Replica, which is like literally... That's the one that I used.

At the same time, if you look at apps like Replica, which is like literally... That's the one that I used.

At the same time, if you look at apps like Replica, which is like literally... That's the one that I used.

It doesn't compete with your husband yet, but apparently the models are getting stronger. But if you look at an app like Replica, they are competing to be your friend or your significant other. The business model is staying on those apps. My concern with this, and we haven't talked about it in the conversation, but I really do think it's worth naming across all of this, is the class divide.

It doesn't compete with your husband yet, but apparently the models are getting stronger. But if you look at an app like Replica, they are competing to be your friend or your significant other. The business model is staying on those apps. My concern with this, and we haven't talked about it in the conversation, but I really do think it's worth naming across all of this, is the class divide.

It doesn't compete with your husband yet, but apparently the models are getting stronger. But if you look at an app like Replica, they are competing to be your friend or your significant other. The business model is staying on those apps. My concern with this, and we haven't talked about it in the conversation, but I really do think it's worth naming across all of this, is the class divide.

And when you look at the groups who are most socially isolated and most disconnected, the It's consistently people without college degrees. Like if you're someone who is looking for a relationship, if you're someone who is looking for connection, there is an entire economy that's now built in providing these synthetic alternatives to relationship. And that to me is like a very dystopian future.

And when you look at the groups who are most socially isolated and most disconnected, the It's consistently people without college degrees. Like if you're someone who is looking for a relationship, if you're someone who is looking for connection, there is an entire economy that's now built in providing these synthetic alternatives to relationship. And that to me is like a very dystopian future.

And when you look at the groups who are most socially isolated and most disconnected, the It's consistently people without college degrees. Like if you're someone who is looking for a relationship, if you're someone who is looking for connection, there is an entire economy that's now built in providing these synthetic alternatives to relationship. And that to me is like a very dystopian future.

Yeah, exactly.

Yeah, exactly.

Yeah, exactly.