Psychotherapist, bestselling author, and “Where Should We Begin?” podcast host Esther Perel joins Bill on Real Time.
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Psychotherapist, bestselling author, and “Where Should We Begin?” podcast host Esther Perel joins Bill on Real Time.
Bill and others keep talking about the negative effects of technology. Unfortunately, no solution is ever offered. What can be done to steer people away from the phone and back to old-school socializing?
ReplyModern Loneliness sounds like a new wave band from the 80’s.
ReplyPeople need more friction!
ReplyFUN FACT : 9O% OF PEOPLE DONT GIVE A FUCK.
ReplyThe old CLUBS, Moose, Elks , Fraternal organizations are almost dead. THEY are the Social fabric that is fulfilling. GET OUT OF THE HOUSE AND GO MEET WITH FRIENDS !! IN PERSON !!
ReplyThat was too short.
ReplyOnly 4 out of 1000 people in California are married. People are choosing to live alone.
ReplyFriction hahaha I like her!
ReplyI actually would argue that some people are outgrowing a need to socialize. For the first time ever introverts aren’t being forced to interact against their will and are allowed to simply be the loners they are.
ReplyDr Ruth? Wait, no…
ReplyFor me it’s created a Kafkaesque fucken Truman show new testament directed by ari aster. Been a hoot
ReplyI think I laughed more with her than with Bill… 🙂
ReplyAs much as I hate religion, I’m jealous of the community those folks have…Modern life goes something like this: Work from suburban isolated home bubble. Get in car bubble. Drive to gym bubble. Gyms/coffee shops used to be social, but now everyone has sound cancelling headphones and nobody talks to each other. I’s now considered rude to spark up conversation with someone if they are wearing headphones. Get back in car bubble. Go home bubble. Want to date? Tinder or MAYBE go to the bars once a week. Maybe you’re lucky enough to have friends who are single, but all my friends are married with children. And married with children in this country means “I’m always too busy to do anything so I’ll maybe see my friends once a month”. So for awhile there I pretty much hung with myself 27/30 days of the month.
Luckily I’ve started volunteering at an animal shelter and started going to a climbing gym to socialize and do some activities, but for awhile there it was about as lonely as you can get.
ReplyThis show has become old people congratulating themselves on how much better their generation was.
ReplyBlade Runner 2049
ReplyI’m fifty-two. I didn’t talk to people before there were smartphones and social media, and now thanks to social media I have some kind of contact. People are hard, and they are hateful.
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