we blame social media, polarization, stuff in the water, the u.s. culture of overwork -- all of which are factors-- but my lived experience suggests that the most central driver of isolation, anomie and despair in America is the fact that most of us no longer live in a way that makes it easy to bump into neighbors and turn them into friends
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nostr:npub1efvh0km06s5fqtz2mczx9yutnc6f4ksn39f6z0nz5n8hgde6x7vqp04jx2 it feels true (at least it does from my Australian village where my neighbours walk my dog if I’m stuck in a meeting in the afternoon)