Alone Together by Paul Epps on 26 Oct 2011 Image by Global X via Flickr We are lonely but fearful of intimacy. Constant connectivity offers the illusion of companionship without the demands of friendship. We can’t get enough of each other if we can have each other at a distance and in amounts we can control. — Sherry Turkle Related Posts Lonely at the Top Visualizing Social Networks I Love This Joke