by Engineers insist buffering should apply to heartbreak, too.
Bangalore, the Silicon Valley of India, has reached a new frontier: emotional connectivity. Startups are pitching 5G for the soul, an experimental service that promises faster empathy downloads. According to The Hindu, the movement began when programmers realized they could communicate better with their routers than their spouses. At least the router blinks when it’s listening, said one developer.
The Emotional Wi-Fi prototype uses sensors that detect loneliness and send push notifications like, It’s okay, bro. Early testers claim the system understands pain better than HR departments. The company’s slogan: Stay connected. To yourself.
Investors are thrilled. Venture capitalists reportedly cried for the first time since the dot-com crash. Meanwhile, therapists are furious that technology now offers better availability than they do.
One Bangalore couple credited the Emotional Wi-Fi with saving their marriage. When my husband ignored me, said Asha Menon, the router comforted me in Hindi. It said, ‘Lagta hai aapko chai chahiye.’ That’s real love.
Scientists warn that excessive emotional bandwidth may cause compassion lag. But Bangalore doesn’t mind. As one coder joked, If feelings can buffer, maybe my boss’s anger will, too.
SOURCE: Bohiney.com (Radhika Vaz)
