Ask HN: How do you deal with alienation?

Re:Ask HN: How do you deal with alienation? by jwilliams on Friday January 16, 2009 @03:50AM (#436347)

Where are the truly interesting people in life?

If you haven't already - Travel, move overseas, etc - the world is a big place.

Sounds trite, but broad horizons help.

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Re:Ask HN: How do you deal with alienation? by tomsaffell on Friday January 16, 2009 @06:55AM (#436494)

I'll second this, and add:

1.Traveling alone will help you to meet new people.

2.Do this with the objective of evolving your view of how humans work, not making specific life-long friends (though of course, that is possible).

3.Hitch-hiking is even better for meeting people and learning about people. In a way, a discussion with a lone driver in their own car is much like an accelerated version of making a friend. Hitch hiking is tough in the US, but easier elsewhere.

4. Keep looking for people who are similar to yourself. At my high school <10% of people were similar to me. At my college >50% of people were similar to me. It was like night and day. It may not be college for you, but it's somewhere.

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