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How our community has changed the way we engage with one another
A personal anecdote taught me a lot about life in the big city and the ways people choose to communicate. Ways which have some fundamental flaws in them and need to be corrected so that we can once again become more accepting of one another.
With the development of social technologies and the constant rise in people’s daily obligations (work, personal care, etc.), it has become increasingly difficult to be able to see other people face-to-face and better understand what they are thinking.
What used to be considered a daily activity of navigating through our social interactions has become a feared task, with many people trembling at the thought of having to answer their own phone.
With all this in mind, creating a new circle of friends or even searching for a special other in one of the world’s largest cities can seem almost impossible.
People have such a busy schedule and even those that don’t are afraid to appear as such in case they come off as unsocial or in need of company.
Others are too scared to open up and accept others in their lives due to the daily influx of news (when there are so many murderers and rapists out there, why would you risk going out with a complete stranger, right?)
