>I would wager that most people’s emotions are no longer pure with how artificially allied we are to people well beyond those we have an honest emotional connection with. This electronically expanded influence circle, along with the various forms of media and marketing we are constantly exposing ourselves to, is slowly degrading pure emotion until we all gravitate to a socially acceptable middle.
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