The Return of Magic

https://www.notboring.co/p/the-return-of-magic/comments#comment-82266733

Lots of great comments from the community, too.  This one I particularly liked!

This really resonated with me to the point where I got nervous with excitement. I’ve always been deeply logical and rational—I’m an engineer. But this reminds me of an idea (I’ve coined it tether theory) that I’ve been meaning to write about for years as I’ve gathered examples in my life and friends’ lives.

Here goes: Tether theory is the connection between things. It states that there exists an invisible tether between all living things. The more time you spend with that thing, the stronger the tether grows. The tether is impervious to space and time. You can be across the world from someone else connected to you by a strong tether and your lives/experiences are intimately connected. The tether explains situations like why a mom and son, having not talked for 3 weeks will randomly both call each other at the exact same instant in time—so instantaneous that both their phones are busy because they both made the call within fractions of a second.