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A reflection on modern communication reveals how constant streams of texts, emails, and notifications create a sensory overload that’s difficult to manage. Managing forty unanswered messages is contrasted with making forty phone calls—implying that the former is a technological trap, fueling a perpetual feedback loop, where small talk becomes unmanageable and time-consuming. The modern obsession with brief exchanges—"sure," "nine," "seven"—reveals a new era of fragmented information that, while efficient, risks dulling depth of conversation.