spending time with my extended family or coworkers or community groups there's often an emptiness, a slightly awkward slightly sad quiet of people coexisting without connection, warmth, shared narrative. i admire the warm outgoing upbeat personalities who can spark enjoyable…
i remember a childhood full of big group activities and parties- school, church groups, soccer teams, scouting, family holidays and vacations for 30+ people- i was often herded around as one child among many being collectively loosely supervised, playing with friends and…
it may just be my own life failure to cultivate a closer network of family & community, but i have the sense that there's less of this these days for everyone, with a particular downturn during the pandemic but a broader trend too? also these days people do their own thing,…
with social media and the various offshoots (discords, group chats) i feel like im simultaneously drowning in low context online socializing and lonely for slower deeper local relationships- the sea of possibilities makes it difficult to coordinate deeper investment in a…
i wonder if one of the problems is the loss of shared context as people consume personalized content on their own schedule? it used to be easier to find common topics for small talk- the local sports teams, a few movies currently playing in theaters, the latest episode of one…