Comments on: The Currency of Touch http://www.purpleatheart.com/blog/the-currency-of-touch Wholesome gluten-free recipes, do-it-yourself, keeping it local, and being mindful. Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:55:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Fakey McFakerston http://www.purpleatheart.com/blog/the-currency-of-touch#comment-4 Fakey McFakerston Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:07:59 +0000 http://www.purpleatheart.com/blog/?p=7#comment-4 On the note of being a culture of alienation, you might want to check out the book "Bowling Alone" (http://www.bowlingalone.com/). It talks a lot about how there used to be communities in the US and people had more personal interaction than they do these days. There used to be neighborhood associations that were robust, and no one ever bowled alone - it was as part of a league. If we're alone, it isn't entirely the media's fault. We do still retain our own personal choice. While I'd agree that people being more alone is not a good thing, we should be careful to weigh it against some of the other things that are related, and also come as part of modernity. For example, being able to contact people instantly throughout the globe via the internet, having unparalleled access to education and economic success, freedom of mobility, and so on. Being able to go wherever, whenever, and having increasingly few physical restrictions makes us more alone, but shit, there's a huge upside! On the note of being a culture of alienation, you might want to check out the book “Bowling Alone” (http://www.bowlingalone.com/). It talks a lot about how there used to be communities in the US and people had more personal interaction than they do these days. There used to be neighborhood associations that were robust, and no one ever bowled alone – it was as part of a league.

If we’re alone, it isn’t entirely the media’s fault. We do still retain our own personal choice. While I’d agree that people being more alone is not a good thing, we should be careful to weigh it against some of the other things that are related, and also come as part of modernity. For example, being able to contact people instantly throughout the globe via the internet, having unparalleled access to education and economic success, freedom of mobility, and so on. Being able to go wherever, whenever, and having increasingly few physical restrictions makes us more alone, but shit, there’s a huge upside!

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