1/ I’ve concluded there are 4 types of relationships meatspace communities can have with digitization, which I call a) Circled Wagons, b) Resurrected, c) Atomized, and d) Precipitated.
I don't agree with #4. There's strong evidence that atomization predated your assertion of "digital forces pulling them apart". Putnam's research shows this trend well advanced in the period 1975-2000 http://bowlingalone.com/ - digital as catalyst maybe, not as primary cause.
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Yeah, it predates (I cited Bowling Alone in similar earlier tweets) but for the last 25 years, almost a whole generation, digital forces have been the prime driver. During Bowling Alone times it was different and weaker forces.
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I hear you however still prefer "catalyst" to "driver" as 1. Forces were already well advanced 2. Multi-causal in their origin 3. Accelerated greatly by digital but not initiated by it. I know I'm splitting hairs but that's what we do here!
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