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You can't hack your way into fixing what is essentially a non-technical problem. I guess what I'm saying is that loneliness is not a pathogen that can be remove
by pm90 8y ago
You can't hack your way into fixing what is essentially a non-technical problem. I guess what I'm saying is that loneliness is not a pathogen that can be removed but a symptom of something you don't have (social circle, friends, intimate partners etc.) The most reasonable solution seems to be something like in the movie "Her", or in Westworld where they use humanoid robots as "good-enough" replacements for humans.
- disqard 8y agoYes, technology acts as an amplifier for human intentions (Kentaro Toyama's words, not mine). Thus, fixing the underlying cause of the Seattle Freeze is the only thing that can fix the Seattle Freeze, not layering tech-based fixes on top. As someone living in Seattle since 2011, I hypothesize that most people here are sufficiently affluent that they do not need to interact meaningfully (read "make friends") with people other than their family. IMHO, this is the root cause, and I don't think that technology can change this state of affairs.