Alienated, Alone and Angry: What the Digital Revolution Did?

Re:Alienated, Alone and Angry: What the Digital Revolution Did? by helen___keller on Friday December 20, 2019 @12:47PM (#21845916)

> There are various obvious ways of decreasing social alienation in US society; the problem with that is, most people aren't going to like it

There are also not-so-obvious ways. For example, returning to a society where most of our trips are on foot and transit rather than by the isolating and dehumanizing bubble of personal automotive.

As always with public policy, the question arises of what's the better way to address problems. The gulf from recognizing a problem and implementing policy to solve a problem is vast.

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Re:Alienated, Alone and Angry: What the Digital Revolution Did? by ripsawridge on Friday December 20, 2019 @12:49PM (#21845938)

I've often thought that the loss of smoking means less mixing of classes that wouldn't have reason to say one word to each other.

Smoking creates small favors and the need to ask for them. Phones don't do this.

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