Agreed with all of your examples. I mean, to me, the larger thing is probably "capitalism", in which increasing amounts of social life are turned into things t

Agreed with all of your examples. I mean, to me, the larger thing is probably "capitalism", in which increasing amounts of social life are turned into things that can produce profit for a business. Our particular capitalism built on racism doesn't help either, with it's legacy of "we don't want public amenities because we don't want to fund them for THOSE people" and "we're scared to go outside because a lot of people have a lot of reason to wish us harm." (that we built for cars instead of walkable cities or public transit actually has a LOT to do with racism) But people don't love talking about this here. Or rather, they do and they don't. :) In the general socciety, decline of social interaction has probably been a topic of discussion since Robert Putman's 2000 book "Bowling Alone". http://bowlingalone.com/ http://bowlingalone.com/