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> And third, in-person interaction is a network effect. If 20% of people would rather be on their phones, that reduces everyone else’s options for in-person han
by amadeuspagel 4y ago
> And third, in-person interaction is a network effect. If 20% of people would rather be on their phones, that reduces everyone else’s options for in-person hangouts by 20%.
That should only be a problem if you can only hang out with a fixed group. If you live in a city of five million people, it shouldn't make much of a difference if one million of them would rather be on their phones then hang out in person. That's still four million people to hang out with. The only question is how to find those people. Meetups are one way.
- lapcat 4y ago1) We're talking about teenagers, many or most of whom don't even have cars. 2) There's only one city in the United States with a population of at least 5 million people: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_by_population https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_b...
- djkivi 4y agoRe (2), that's technically true, but the New York, LA, and other metro areas have far more than 5 million people.
- lapcat 4y agoThat's technically true, but... so what? As I noted, teens might not have access to transportation, so enlarging the geographical area doesn't necessarily help. And it doesn't help teens who don't live in those big metro areas. Not to mention, you can't just hang out with people who you don't know.