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I recall in a freshman sociology course the text noting refrigeration increased isolation and loneliness as people spent more time indoors. As I have traveled,
by wallace_f 8y ago
I recall in a freshman sociology course the text noting refrigeration increased isolation and loneliness as people spent more time indoors.
As I have traveled, I have noticed a lot of further examples of technology doing the same. Especially in countries with less wealth, people go outside and share public spaces/activities/infrastructure with each other more, and that seems to have a lot of positive externalities.
- minipci1321 8y agoLOL. For an anecdote -- I was working once on an TV-related product, and our product manager was persuaded it would fail in these countries you mention (well he was speaking about the country he was native of). He was saying: "no chance they spend time in front of TV, however good. They will all be out having fun as soon as weather is good enough".
- TangoTrotFox 8y agoThere's also something to be said about extensive rules and regulations really hurting relatively normal social activities. I really enjoy living in developing nations because you can actually just live. You can go buy some random food from somebody selling stuff off the street, pick up a beer or two..., and go sit down by a lake beside the street and have a little picnic type thing with a friend -- or even cast a fishing line out or go for a swim if the mood strikes. Enjoy yourselves, clean up after yourself, be considerate of others, and nobody cares what you do -- as it should be.