vulnerability through tech 2025-09-13T13:45:38Z

The glow of my phone screen felt like the last lighthouse in a sea of insomnia. I'd been staring at the same email draft for two hours - another corporate jargon salad that tasted like dust. When my thumb accidentally tapped the Chato icon, I didn't expect the avalanche of humanity that followed. Suddenly there was Marco from Naples, his kitchen background steaming with midnight pasta, gesturing wildly about football. The real-time translation spun his rapid Italian into crisp English subtitles