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brain dump of thoughts / stats on humanity: - loneliness : sense of belonging :: individualism : collectivism - aristotle claimed touch was the primary sense - deaths of despair exploded in ‘00 and hasnt slowed down - #1 reason people don’t go to events is because they have “no one to go with”

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you know I have alerts set up for "aristotle" right?

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Shout out to @cryptokibbutznik.eth for putting this eloquently (see preview) https://pinetree.so/video/0x374bd6fba1ac1f76c67c8efc3ba916ef4c2df4c7

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going to a concert solo rn🙋 fuck that noise

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old people die sooner if they have no family/community to give back/take care of.

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Yeah if my friends don’t wanna go i don’t wanna go lol its a simple fact

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Christina BorrowLucid | Chones

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ur evolution via social media makes the dao-auntie in me want to barricade anything you do, bc 🫶 💜

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Outside of tech and the cargo cult of late capitalism, I think town planning can go a long way to ameliorate this. Pubs, churches, parks all are dying (or being replaced by hyper real echoes). More third places, less atomisation I reckon.

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I think dating “trends” tracks closely with this trend. That chart that shows evolution of how people met during that same period. Most events IRL everyone on their phones anyways talking to their other friends because nobody likes those socially anxious moments, which was exactly the time you could meet people historically. I think if we have more social events that explicitly ban phones it might start to solve this problem.

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i eat alone in restaurants

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I think we have been conditioned to believe that loneliness is a terrible thing. If you’re alone, you’re a nobody. Even though sometimes being alone can be beneficial.

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In '00 or more recently? '00 feels early if the smartphone/social media landscape had any impact/influence on it I have one to add: -third places are mostly gone 😞

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We crave connection, but modern life isolates. Touch is vital, yet loneliness grows.

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I enjoy watching movies alone, I give in buy the expensive snacks and just treat myself, because I deserve it 🙂‍↔️

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I dislike the word “collectivism” its so impersonal for something that is highly personal. “Communalism” ?

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I got to feel and see this deeply back in 2009. My first massage clinic was inside a luxury retirement community. We're talking cruise ship on land level. Now yes the therapy I was trained to do could help with many aches and pains for the elderly. However, the driving interest for the residents to get a massage was to have physical touch and human connection. One particular session will always stay with me forever. She was 87 years old. She was recommended but skeptical by one of her friends who lived in the community. During the massage, she just wept and wept. I asked her with empathy. Why she was weeping so much. She said I have not been touched by another human with love and care like this for 15 years. I wept with her. In fact, thinking about this experience makes me tear up now. There are so many people searching for connection and to be touched. Especially our beloved older generations 🙏

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I'm lucky then because I can go to events alone and enjoy it the way I wanted. I'm an extrovert person, hyper, joker of the group but I do prefer going to events alone because sometimes I think the pressure is on me when I'm with them. Like, I needed to think of a joke to make them laugh such because that's what they think of me.

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Virtual connections on the rise, physical connections on the decline. One cannot have the time and attention for both it seems.

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