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It's possible that what we're witnessing is behavioural sink[0]. It's been observed in other mammals that overcrowding leads to social degradation and eventual
by black-tea 8y ago
It's possible that what we're witnessing is behavioural sink[0]. It's been observed in other mammals that overcrowding leads to social degradation and eventual total failure of the population.
[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavioral_sink https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavioral_sink
- beerlord 8y agoI suspect this as well. One solution is an immediate reduction in illegal immigration, with better border enforcement and deporting those who are already here. Ending birth citizenship would also reduce incentives to come.
- Baeocystin 8y agoI used to live in Montana, on the outskirts of a small town. There were few enough people around that it was trivially easy to take 10 minutes getting even further out of town and find yourself at a trailhead that hadn't been used in months. My point is that if you did wind up seeing someone else, it made you happy in a way that just doesn't happen when you live in a more densely-populated area. And this coming from someone who is in general a rather reclusive introvert. But it was a good feeling to live at such a density that seeing other folks was essentially always a positive.
- black-tea 8y agoYep. I often go for walks alone in the countryside and I'll often stop and have a short conversation with every person I see (which may only be one or two). I wouldn't even do that at the large company I used to work, let alone in a city.