Lexicon · term

Shadow care

Machine-mediated emotional support with the shape of intimacy: infinite patience, zero friction, always awake, no one home.

Used in

Facilitate, don't simulate

Technology can deepen human connection or replace it

Introduced here.
Shadow care

Emotional support has quietly become the leading use of LLMs, and nobody is supervising it
The sandwich method

Deep work with a mirror holds when a person stands on both sides of it