Re:The Social Recession: By the Numbers
by randomdata on Monday October 24, 2022 @10:07AM
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That was also my point. There are too many groups spreading themselves too thin. If those groups all trying to do their own thing came together, there would be a greater chance of finding the community that they seek, but at the cost of it not being geared towards their particular interest.
My point was - if there was indeed a need to create such spaces, they'd be there in spades. But, reality is, people are just happy to sit alone in their houses now, so the community spaces don't get created. It was already observed in villages in Poland in the 1970s. Before that time, people were meeting each other in the evenings, as there was nothing better to do. After roughly 1970, most people got TV, and in the evenings streets became empty and you could see a TV glow through each house's window. Now, with Internet and social media, it's even worse.