We used to think human connections were being thwarted by the age of iPods and cell phone time-wastage (reading a book doesn't have as much clout with that idea because someone can always strike up a conversation about how good a Calvino novel is). Aren't moments of fleeting glances, temporary wanton lust and what-might-have-been questionable in the age of technology turning people into ants?
The Missed Connections section on Craigslist marries use of personal technology with getting lost in the human moment. It actually requires true effort to type and post something like, "I saw you in the Trader Joe's yesterday with a Broken Social Scene shirt and you had a lot of strawberries in your cart...I wonder if you were making pies..." This means those moments are still alive and very real. Missed Connections reminds us that people still fall in love for 45 seconds and then watch that world-within-a-world step off the train and walk in the opposite direction of a stranger's captivation. We love it, too.
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