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There used to be this plethora of study groups, non-profit associations doing whatever, book circles etc to meet people in a somewhat formalised manner that was
by rightbyte 1y ago
There used to be this plethora of study groups, non-profit associations doing whatever, book circles etc to meet people in a somewhat formalised manner that wasn't a date.
Big tech has displaced those and replaced them with nothing.
- paulryanrogers 1y agoBook clubs are alive and well, my SO is part of two right now. I'm reading a book with coworkers and we'll be discussing in a few weeks. Some old traditions are now competing with a larger variety of physical and virtual activities. IMO you could blame the car as much as the smart phone.
- queenkjuul 1y agoI blame the car more personally. My parents lived very isolated lives in the suburbs long before they got phones.
- rightbyte 1y agoBlaming cars is an interesting theory. They spread out the practical community from like some mile or two to quite far. But can't fuzzy date 'the decline' with automobilism? Maybe the effects were delayed two generations?