I think that it's a common myth. In certain situations it can be true, but not generally.
It's a case of people thinking the past was better than it actually was.
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Like that picture in the train with ppl with phones and before with ppl with papers.
Show me now a picture of people walking around public spaces reading papers.
it's different because papers are huge and don't make it easy to walk while reading, but the trend on lonelines existed way before smartphones arrived, this painting is a portrait of that society, there's also a good book called bowling alone
Technology is but a tool, If someone prefers looking at their phone than dealing with you it's a you ptoblem
I think it's more just cars making people more isolated.
It sure does. There's a lot of research in the study of New Media that points to the superficial nature of how we connect online. We're sharing banal content to weak-ties constantly. It's not real human connection. On social media we are often just staring at everyone's highlight reel. It's unhealthy. You should read, "Alone Together" by Sherry Turkel.
But it's not all grim. If you read about Participatory Culture you'll see there's an upside to New Media technology, which is the ability to be content producers, not just consumers.
Social media often fails to connect all 7 billion of us in any real, meaningingful, human way. We're all just really busy being alone together.
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