(perhaps a bit dated, but nonetheless. Broadly this comment is in the context of explaining the social space a car provides.)
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what an insight — "North Americans go outside typically to be alone, and go inside or go home to be social. The rest of mankind go outside to be social, and home to be in private and alone."
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"The motorcar in North America has a very strange function. It is used for privacy, not so much for transportation as for privacy. North Americans go outside typically to be // alone. Since there is no privacy in the American home, the motorcar takes up that role."
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Now we go online to be social and unplug to be alone
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