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Kneeling in the pigpen: Human connection in the age of efficiency

Saturday, January 24, 2026

We live in an age that prizes efficiency above almost everything else. But we're losing something harder to quantify: actual human connection. The post Kneeling in the pigpen: Human connection in the age of efficiency first appeared on OSV News.

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