Now, what was anticipated by sociologist Georg Simmel a hundred years ago is being corroborated: “The spiritual attitude of big-city dwellers towards one another is aloof.” Lonely figures are scattered across the corners of the city. When these moments of solitude meet, people can sense each other’ s worlds. In a time when the presence of others is fading, we often get trapped in our emotional bubbles, forgetting to reach out to those who, like us, are islands. When these isolated experiences connect, we can create a broader and more expansive world together.