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This is all because of technology. Pre internet you could not just isolate yourself and medicate with content since there was only the television. In person com

by asdev 1y ago

This is all because of technology. Pre internet you could not just isolate yourself and medicate with content since there was only the television. In person communities formed organically as an effect. Those communities have now been eroded by technology. And no, technology cannot help make in person community, it's something organic that needs to happen with people.

d4mi3n 1y ago
Plenty of people isolated and medicated with TV alone. Couch potatoes were a thing. Plenty of people also find community through technology, so I personally don’t believe technology is the only contributing factor here. I do agree with in you general about many Americans not having enough social or communal interaction, though. I suspect this is more a symptom of a lot of other social issues than a purely technological problem though.
- ramesh31 1y ago
  >Plenty of people isolated and medicated with TV alone. Couch potatoes were a thing. As with all addiction, the poison is not just in the dosage, but the intensity of the hit. Television was only so powerful. Shows ended, commercials ran, and channels were limited. Of course the rise of having absolutely anything imaginable available at all times in high definition in limitless amounts will make the effect far stronger.
- asdev 1y ago
  You have on demand options of anything you want now. You did not have that with TV. The pull to isolate and medicate is a million times stronger now than it was then
platevoltage 1y ago
On the other hand an extremely shy introvert such as myself might experience things like social media and dating apps having a positive effect on their in-person social life. This is when social media was actually used for more than keeping up with influencers.
- asdev 1y ago
  you can be shy and still find community with like minded people
  - platevoltage 1y ago
    Exactly. The internet helped me do that.

by asdev 1y ago

d4mi3n 1y ago

Plenty of people isolated and medicated with TV alone. Couch potatoes were a thing. Plenty of people also find community through technology, so I personally don’t believe technology is the only contributing factor here. I do agree with in you general about many Americans not having enough social or communal interaction, though. I suspect this is more a symptom of a lot of other social issues than a purely technological problem though.

ramesh31 1y ago
>Plenty of people isolated and medicated with TV alone. Couch potatoes were a thing. As with all addiction, the poison is not just in the dosage, but the intensity of the hit. Television was only so powerful. Shows ended, commercials ran, and channels were limited. Of course the rise of having absolutely anything imaginable available at all times in high definition in limitless amounts will make the effect far stronger.
asdev 1y ago
You have on demand options of anything you want now. You did not have that with TV. The pull to isolate and medicate is a million times stronger now than it was then

platevoltage 1y ago

On the other hand an extremely shy introvert such as myself might experience things like social media and dating apps having a positive effect on their in-person social life. This is when social media was actually used for more than keeping up with influencers.

asdev 1y ago
you can be shy and still find community with like minded people
- platevoltage 1y ago
  Exactly. The internet helped me do that.