For most of my life, I’ve lived alone. This means that spontaneous conversations don’t flare up the way they do when you’re driving your kid to their friend’s house and end up talking about septum rings. Conversations for people who live alone, regardless of relationship status, must be actively initiated by some party, often through technological means.
Armchair scientist that I am, I resolved to keep a log of my first conversation of the day with another human. Then I would scan the data to see what patterns emerged.
