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> It takes some effort, but it's not particularly difficult if you know and understand how to communicate effectively over a remote medium So I've got zero dou
by rowanajmarshall 4y ago
> It takes some effort, but it's not particularly difficult if you know and understand how to communicate effectively over a remote medium
So I've got zero doubt you _can_ do that, I did over lockdown. But if we make socialising systemically harder across the board, we're basically setting ourselves up to be a lonelier, more isolated society.
- eropple 4y agoYou aren't wrong, but I don't necessarily think people should be deriving the majority of their social interactions from work in the first place. This probably suggests that we should be working less, generally speaking, and doing more in our communities. I'm not religious, but I do wonder how much of this "be in the office so I can get social interaction" is because the office has replaced the church and the community center. That, to me, is the engine of loneliness; even if you make good friends at work you do lose significant shared context with them when you or they move on.