Re:Loneliness is a serious public-health problem
by PioNono on Sunday September 09, 2018 @01:07AM
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I take no joy in saying this, but I suspect that all else being equal, the result of this would be that people would just spend more time consuming media in isolation. Not basing this on feelings, but rather on having been up close with some (anonymized) wireless network datasets. People of all incomes and social strata spend absurd amounts of time in solipsistic media consumption.
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Re:Loneliness is a serious public-health problem
by coldtea on Sunday September 09, 2018 @08:51AM
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It's easy to spend "absurd amounts of time in solipsistic media consumption" is you're weighted down after a 10+-hour work day, or an 8-hour work day + a couple hours of commute, and all others you know are in similar schedules...
Re:Loneliness is a serious public-health problem
by wepple on Sunday September 09, 2018 @09:37AM
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Yeah, for those of us with a very finite and easily depleted amount of energy for social interaction, it’s conpletely empty by the time you get home or Saturday rolls around. Net result is, you avoid even eye contact with the person who lives 10m from you.