Totally agree with all your points here. Most of the technological advances have only made us more isolated. That's why lots of people feel more alone because being physically together doesn't equal being mentally together. I have noticed whole families having dinner outside, but no one is talking to each other, everyone is on their phone. That's what the attention economy is all about, an individual's attention. Even Hive is no exception....
There needs to be an active decision to commit your attention to someone else and vice versa. I try to go old school at home. No phones at the dining table (broken more times then I care to admit), no phones when we are playing Nintendo or board games together (again, not always adhered to). Sadly, they are always broken by us, the parents and we only have this kind of disruptive attention technology for half of our lives. I worry about my daughter whereby this kind of technology will be what they grow up with.