Have you ever logged into a family Zoom call, only to experience the digital equivalent of a high-noon standoff? You stare at your sister. Your sister stares at her cat. Uncle Bob is entirely off-camera except for his left ear, and someone, somewhere, is running a blender. After the mandatory five minutes of “Can you hear me now?” and “How’s the weather?”, the conversation dries up faster than a puddle in the Sahara. You could…