Haven't quite wrapped my head around it, but it makes me glad I jumped from screenplays to novels.

Do you mean you're glad because you now have a chance to prop up the rapidly atrophying emotional intelligence of younger generations? Or because you're jumping into the right business?

When your primary means of interacting with your friends and surroundings is via mediated text, mediated text becomes the most powerful cultural and emotional influence in your life.

My personal anecdata to back this up: I matched with a girl on a dating app, and we talked for a long while over text before we set a date to meet. The highlight was when she told me abruptly about halfway through our conversation that I am "v cool," v meaning very. I was jazzed. Partly because I appreciated her forwardness, partly because I am just sort of starting to get over a wrenching break up. But it dawned on me later. We haven't met yet. Except for some mutual interest to meet, I have no idea what she's like or if there is even any chemistry. But the highlight of my week was texting a girl I haven't met yet that I was paired with algorithmically and her saying I'm v cool.

How fucking weird.