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10 Charts That Capture How the World Is Changing
Putnam believed that the single biggest risk factor was the growing amount of time people spent alone.
Even back when he wrote Bowling Alone —before smartphones and apps—teens were solitary for three-and-a-half hours per day. Adolescents spent more time alone than with their family.
For the first time in history, people were growing up disconnected... See more
Even back when he wrote Bowling Alone —before smartphones and apps—teens were solitary for three-and-a-half hours per day. Adolescents spent more time alone than with their family.
For the first time in history, people were growing up disconnected... See more
Ted Gioia • 8 Ways of Connecting a Smartphone Can't Deliver
Each age finds ways to close the relative distances of time and space in bringing humans into closer contact, communication, and community—enabling not only new forms of collectivization but the growing power of consumers and fans in giving feedback to centralized collectors and creators. At the same time, we move into greater and greater isolation... See more
David Phelps • When Multiplayer Went Mainstream
average number of contacts was twelve at age eighteen, rose to a peak of eighteen at age twenty-five and then declined steadily to around eight at age eighty.