Stated preference: we’re too atomized, loneliness epidemic, more community, close-knit family ties, bring back churches, civil society! Revealed preference: we want privacy, autonomy, more room, internet/smartphones, more time alone, fewer social constraints, UberEats, Netflix.
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Ok that’s valid. My real point is that *I* like privacy & the ability to control how my interactions go, and we are living in a better time for that than ever, and I only ever see people complaining about that and being nostalgic for a world I would have hated.
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oh I basically agree + support you on this, simplistic dichotomies are grating. was being a little cheeky
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It’s plausible to me that the present world really is more atomized than most people’s optimal life. I suspect that the people who were good with computers optimized the world in their own image for a while and they/we aren’t typical.
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