This reminds me of a question someone once asked Miss Manners:

   Dear Miss Manners:
      Don't you think that nowadays, in modern life,
      the old-fashioned custom of the condolence call
      is out of date?

   Gentle Reader:
      Why is that? Is it because people don't die
      anymore, or is it because the bereaved no longer
      need the comfort of their friends? Miss Manners
      is always interested in hearing about how life has
      been improved by modern thinking or technology.

Technology changes when and where and how we interact, but it doesn't fundamentally change why we interact and what the interactions mean.