Do you think people would open their eyes and become more neighborly? Would it free people to actually talk to their friends, go to actual events in person? Or is everyone already entrenched too far?
And yes its ironic im posting this online. However I like to think of how the world would react if we could disable the internet for a few months. Besides the chaos of banking and airlines, I think it would be a net positive on humanity.
Until then, ill go back to being mostly disconnected on weekends. Its great.
I live in a neighborhood where everyone has a smartphone. We still go out and spend time in person, have community events, know our neighbors.
It’s not the Internet’s fault. In most cases, it’s lack of density, lack of parkspace, and lack of public transit. Suburbification, if you will. People don’t go outside unless there’s pleasant outdoor spaces to go to. People can’t get to know their neighbors on the house-car-office pipeline, you need sidewalks and pubtrans and mixed zoning for that. You need front stoops and block clubs and people who have lived there for more than a couple years.