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This seems to be less a study of behavior than a hunt to justify a feeling. Social isolation has been an increasing part of the culture since we started replac

This seems to be less a study of behavior than a hunt to justify a feeling. Social isolation has been an increasing part of the culture since we started replacing human interaction with 'social' media. When combined with the short duration of most pandemic isolation it seems more like people are trying to conflate loneliness with some external force rather than accepting that it is a normal human state.

sacrosancty 4y ago
I agree. It also, it's too political to take one thing seriously on its own. After so many people have nailed their egos to the belief that social distancing and isolation, as well as mask wearing, etc. are very definitely good and that anyone violating those rules is very definitely bad, it's hard for them to accept that it might have been harmful. Similarly, for their opponents who were offended by those measures, it's hard not to go hunting for reasons why they were bad.
lob_it 4y ago
As a technology native, a quiet environment is the same feeling as chilling in the zone (if working on something interesting). Its not a shared experience for sure. I enjoy golf the same way (chlling in the zone during a good workout, similar to a runners high). I also happened to enjoy over 20,000 one-on-one interactions with work experience and technology, with the majority of it face-to-face. Being "all people'd out (not tired of people, just not seeking empty calories for the sake of it)" is a 21st century perk. The 1st world has always enjoyed "peace and quiet" for their own personal reasons :)
brnaftr361 4y ago
You don't think that the pandemic, the measures taken to mitigate it, the fiscal and monetary policies made in attempt to avert the disaster, the realized impact, and the hyper-political ultrapolarized interpretations of the goings-on, and the paranoia instilled at the social and individual level (and etc......) couldn't possibly manifest into the future? This isn't an isolated thing, it had and continues to have runoff impacts. A lot of wild reactivity originated, you can see that in all the economic data. It's not a "short duration" it's borderline cataclysmic, maybe you're just too insulated to see it.
- dehrmann 4y ago
  I don't think BLM protests or the January 6 capitol attack would have happened if people hadn't been cooped up with nothing to do but read their favorite brand of outrage news.

sacrosancty 4y ago

I agree. It also, it's too political to take one thing seriously on its own. After so many people have nailed their egos to the belief that social distancing and isolation, as well as mask wearing, etc. are very definitely good and that anyone violating those rules is very definitely bad, it's hard for them to accept that it might have been harmful. Similarly, for their opponents who were offended by those measures, it's hard not to go hunting for reasons why they were bad.

lob_it 4y ago

As a technology native, a quiet environment is the same feeling as chilling in the zone (if working on something interesting). Its not a shared experience for sure. I enjoy golf the same way (chlling in the zone during a good workout, similar to a runners high). I also happened to enjoy over 20,000 one-on-one interactions with work experience and technology, with the majority of it face-to-face. Being "all people'd out (not tired of people, just not seeking empty calories for the sake of it)" is a 21st century perk. The 1st world has always enjoyed "peace and quiet" for their own personal reasons :)

brnaftr361 4y ago

You don't think that the pandemic, the measures taken to mitigate it, the fiscal and monetary policies made in attempt to avert the disaster, the realized impact, and the hyper-political ultrapolarized interpretations of the goings-on, and the paranoia instilled at the social and individual level (and etc......) couldn't possibly manifest into the future? This isn't an isolated thing, it had and continues to have runoff impacts. A lot of wild reactivity originated, you can see that in all the economic data. It's not a "short duration" it's borderline cataclysmic, maybe you're just too insulated to see it.

dehrmann 4y ago
I don't think BLM protests or the January 6 capitol attack would have happened if people hadn't been cooped up with nothing to do but read their favorite brand of outrage news.