> Many networks are Not For People Like You - you're the wrong race, class, or gender. You didn't go to the right schools. Your family's ancestors didn't subjug

> Many networks are Not For People Like You - you're the wrong race, class, or gender. You didn't go to the right schools. Your family's ancestors didn't subjugate the right people three generations back along with the other members of the network. Or maybe you're just too weird and the people in the network don't want to put up with that. Some networks are just exclusive and nothing you can do will gain you access to them. As much ink as we spill on the loneliness epidemic, there's something to be said about an atomized society where surviving, and in a more ideal world thriving, does not depend on the quality the network the birth lottery gave you, or the one you are confined you in by centuries of prejudice. I'll speak for myself; I've had really bad experiences with in-groups of all kinds - especially kinship groups - that make me suspicious of networks. I'm glad that my ability to feed myself isn't tied to any specific in-group/network. Instead, it relies on a global capitalist network that can ship bananas from Central America and sell them to me for $0.79 a pound. All of this labor done by people who I will never meet, but rely on completely for my survival. If it weren't for the fact that this vast global network didn't rest on rapine exploitation, I'd say we were on to something. But alas, this monument to greed that enables my misanthropy is not humane. So perhaps to create a more humane world, I should develop the ability to be vulnerable with other people. No. No! Atoms or t h e v o i d !