I was on a brief vacation last week, and while talking with a friend I’d met there, I heard them talk about how their friends were from work, or from where they grew up, or through their family. It was a nice, normal conversation until I was asked where I knew my best friend from. Or any of my friends.
And that’s when I realized that the majority of the people I speak to and have known for the last ten years have by and large come from the Internet. My best friend Phil, a laser safety technician? The internet. Every single person that works for me? The internet. Of…
