Voice Note #119—Can't we just meet people out in the wilds?

Voice Notes to the Universe · Sep 23, 2026 · 13m · transcript

VOICE NOTE #119 — Can't We Just Meet People Out in the Wilds?

It's 2 AM.

Naturally, I'm contemplating dating apps.

More specifically...

Why do we need them?

Can't we just meet people out in the wilds?

At a coffee shop. In a store. Wandering through Target.

Does anybody just look up, notice one another, and start a conversation anymore?

Which somehow got me thinking about earbuds.

And presence.

And what it has taken for me to learn how to fully inhabit my own body.

And signs and synchronicities.

And playing with the Universe.

And listening.

Because perhaps being available for connection—with…