I didn’t grow up in the period. I was born in '93. I’m old enough to have seen third places, but for them to be dead by the time they mattered to me. It’s not screens that killed them. It’s suburbia and also helicopter parenting.
Parents don’t feel they can let their kids run around safely because there’s no where to go within walking distance, and traveling anywhere requires a car. I’d agree devices with tracking probably do play a role now, but they weren’t a thing for me.
Car dependence has created a world where almost everyone goes to work/school, then go home, only sitting in their car between, not engaging with anyone else. We’ve destroyed any sense of community that used to exist.
I’m certain this is one of the largest drivers for all the issues we’re seeing today. It used to be you’d talk to your neighbors and share things with them, but today everyone is isolated and gets everything from the news, which tells them to be scared of everyone else.
I didn’t grow up in the period. I was born in '93. I’m old enough to have seen third places, but for them to be dead by the time they mattered to me. It’s not screens that killed them. It’s suburbia and also helicopter parenting.
Parents don’t feel they can let their kids run around safely because there’s no where to go within walking distance, and traveling anywhere requires a car. I’d agree devices with tracking probably do play a role now, but they weren’t a thing for me.
Car dependence has created a world where almost everyone goes to work/school, then go home, only sitting in their car between, not engaging with anyone else. We’ve destroyed any sense of community that used to exist.
I’m certain this is one of the largest drivers for all the issues we’re seeing today. It used to be you’d talk to your neighbors and share things with them, but today everyone is isolated and gets everything from the news, which tells them to be scared of everyone else.