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I think fundamentally, people are growing more lonely as we shift from the purely physical realm into the abstract world of the web. You have startups like Grou
by yarou 13y ago
I think fundamentally, people are growing more lonely as we shift from the purely physical realm into the abstract world of the web. You have startups like Grouper trying to solve loneliness, but in reality they may even be exacerbating it. We all get a little lonely sometimes, and I don't think there's a viable substitute to physically meeting someone. Barring a fundamental change in our brain chemistry.
- saraid216 13y agoWhich is why I reference movements like the one Peñalosa is part of. (I don't have enough easy references.) It isn't something that can be well-answered by startups. Profit motive defines the shift from the purely physical realm into the abstract world. That's what money is: it abstracts trust and makes it less necessary. It makes us more efficient for the price of less effort spent on trust. The answer isn't to remove money but rather to provide money-less connection points. Create debts that aren't monetary but personal and non-transferable. Talk to people for no better reason than to get to know them. Find out what makes them tick and what would make them happy. That kind of thing. It's... complex.