Buddy Check! -- Rebecca Brown

<p>The cute and expressive Namuh tribe share a simple, but highly effective way, to avoid TALKING TO A PERSON (oh no!), but stay connected to your Buddies. The adorably fuzzy Namuhs know that everybody wants to be happy, to be loved, to be accepted exactly how they are, to have deep connections, and to belong. </p><p>The Namuh tribe has watched the Humans use their screens to make up the life that they wished for others to see. They saw the Humans think that their made-up life story would endear others to them, have others like them, and to connect them to the tribe. They saw the Humans gradually get to where they: </p><p>- Preferred texting over talking; </p><p>- Prayed others left a voicemail (or better yet a text) so they didn't have to TALK TO A LIVE PERSON (oh no!);</p><p>- Hoped the cashier didn't small talk (or even look at them) so they could just put their credit card near the machine and leave;</p><p>- Chose to communicate with others sitting right next to you via a screen;</p><p>- Avoided eye contact with others;</p><p>- Began to hate every other driver out there that was in their way, going too fast, or too slow; and</p><p>- Had fewer close friends than they used to.</p><p>The Namuhs saw that the more the Humans connected to their screen, the more fixated they became on the screen, the more disconnected they became from everything. The Humans stopped listening to their inner voice and their true nature. Their made-up lives were built on a lie, projected on the sc