We’ve been so starved of social interaction, in many ways the lifeblood of our species, that now when we experience companionship outside our home it’s almost an abnormal experience. And yet the smiles and laughter and conversation don’t seem so foreign.

We are social creatures, and enduring this pandemic while having access to modern technology has exacerbated that fact. The next step as a civilization is to recognize this important trait of our collective biology and make it easier for us to interact, to exchange, to connect.

We face many challenges ahead; they will be much simpler if we face them as one race, the human race. Disregarding this very clear distinction would be our greatest folly.