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> When stability and satisfaction is relatively achievable without others, the required motivational threshold for putting in the effort to make connections get
by euroderf 2y ago
> When stability and satisfaction is relatively achievable without others, the required motivational threshold for putting in the effort to make connections gets higher.
Maybe it's something simple, like: the mind craves words - and expressions made thereof - and social media gives just enough of a fix that the restless mind is not driven to seek out conversations & encounters in the flesh. Shyness becomes self-reinforcing. Awkward wins.
- CMay 2y agoI don't necessarily think it's simple from that angle. It's more like convenience and efficiency often come with encapsulation and reduced friction, which puts us in bubbles that cause us to slip right past eachother. That alone causes so many things to snap into place in the direction of training us to enjoy self-time until it reaches unhealthy saturation.