Interesting reflections Maha as I’m shortly going to email a ‘virtual’ someone in Sweden who I lost contact with more than 50 years ago. I’ve never met him or even spoken to him. We only communicated frequently by amateur radio in Morse code but we had much in common – I hope he remembers me!

Inevitably F to F makes for the richest connection but the technology is catching up and now innovation like vconnecting is beginning to approach the ‘real’ thing. In any case we can still rely on the amazing human ability to construct deep connections almost regardless of the quality of the channel.