> It feels like local communities are dying or completely non-existent. We aren't "forced" to deal with each other and so we... don't.
This is somewhat true, but you can escape it if you want to. It just takes some effort and dealing with people that you normally wouldn't.
However, just like advertising has worked out how to maximize our "spend" so also other forces have worked out how to maximize other things they want us to do.
As the screeching gets louder and louder you just have to ignore it more and more.
I found that absolutely refusing to vote in elections did it for me; my vote is mathematically insignificant and since I won't use it, all the various howling attempts to get me to do so are easily ignored. Probably not for everyone.
> It feels like local communities are dying or completely non-existent. We aren't "forced" to deal with each other and so we... don't.
This is somewhat true, but you can escape it if you want to. It just takes some effort and dealing with people that you normally wouldn't.
However, just like advertising has worked out how to maximize our "spend" so also other forces have worked out how to maximize other things they want us to do.
As the screeching gets louder and louder you just have to ignore it more and more.
I found that absolutely refusing to vote in elections did it for me; my vote is mathematically insignificant and since I won't use it, all the various howling attempts to get me to do so are easily ignored. Probably not for everyone.