My first thought was that online gaming has had a non-zero effect on this. Yeah you can be playing with your friends, but I don’t believe it is capable of replacing actually being in the same room as them.
online everything. you can discuss anything under the sun on a dozen different social media platforms without leaving your bed.
there are three problems with that, 1) i don’t think it really fills that social interaction void beyond a quick dopamine hit, 2) people are fucking assholes online, and 3) most social media platforms are not interested in healthy social interaction but keeping you “engaged” as much as possible.
Probably because we don’t have a ton of ways to make new friends anymore due to our tendancies to isolate at home.
My first thought was that online gaming has had a non-zero effect on this. Yeah you can be playing with your friends, but I don’t believe it is capable of replacing actually being in the same room as them.
online everything. you can discuss anything under the sun on a dozen different social media platforms without leaving your bed.
there are three problems with that, 1) i don’t think it really fills that social interaction void beyond a quick dopamine hit, 2) people are fucking assholes online, and 3) most social media platforms are not interested in healthy social interaction but keeping you “engaged” as much as possible.