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And, have you got any positive prescriptions to offer? The social institutions that Twitter (and, let's be honest, television before it) replaced have since atr
by rexpop 4y ago
And, have you got any positive prescriptions to offer? The social institutions that Twitter (and, let's be honest, television before it) replaced have since atrophied, and there's not much of a society to return to. Or, at least, it would seem from a certain "impoverished" vantage point.
So, please, without mockery, offer some positive prescriptions? Once one has "touched grass," then where are they to go? Join a bowling league?
- nicbou 4y agoJoin nicer (online) communities, and aggressively filter out the rest. I'm down to Hacker News, a handful of subreddits, and literally nothing else. I forget about the toxic internet like I forgot about the internet without an ad blocker. I don't think that most of it needs replacing. I meet friends and friends of friends, and occasionally strangers, and I get plenty of interesting interactions that way. Twitter and the like were never a substitute for that.
- bckr 4y agoSure thing. I get most of my social interactions through alternative spirituality groups I belong to. Bowling league sounds great. I'll be attending a runner's meet-up this week. Can I run? Barely, but I want to get better. I have weekly phone calls with long distance friends. I have dinner / go to concerts with a cousin who lives 45 minutes away about once a month. I have a domestic partner. There are a number of other social pursuits that I want to take up, like using coworking spaces or makerspaces, and starting to cultivate a network of people interested in coliving. It's challenging. I put effort into it. It's always top of mind for me to be cultivating my social life. It's very much worth it.