Social media should play a larger and more intentional part in reducing loneliness in physical as well as digital spaces. I'm imagining something in the future that uses your data to connect you with others in the area that are a) looking for someone to talk to and b) compatible
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Scenario: I go to a conference alone and want someone to chat with whilst I'm there. I could signal that intention on my device, and it would show me some people in the immediate vicinity with the same intention.
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Maybe we want some way of skipping the awkwardness so the app thing first gives each person some introductory info about the other et voila a pal on demand
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I know social relations are not so simple, but surely there is some way we can better facilitate them Extended loneliness & lack of a feeling of belonging sends people off the rails to extreme & dangerous fringes of society.
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