> The real reason is for the sort of fuzzy, hard to define feelings that connecting people together is good and that the more we get to know our fellow humans,

> The real reason is for the sort of fuzzy, hard to define feelings that connecting people together is good and that the more we get to know our fellow humans, the more we will view ourselves as one people with a common humanity. Is this ironic? Facebook and Twitter, etc. have amply shown that "connecting people together" isn't very good.