There’s more to life than what you find in your books of science. And on your smartphone. As I raised a glass of sake in a limo with a group of Japanese businessmen whom I met an hour earlier, heading to an undisclosed party that they assured me would be a good time, I thought, “Damn, I love drinking with strangers!” I do. To me, it’s a sport, like hunting, but without the senseless death and ecological destruction.