I think that it's a common myth. In certain situations it can be true, but not generally.
It's a case of people thinking the past was better than it actually was.
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I think that it's a common myth. In certain situations it can be true, but not generally.
It's a case of people thinking the past was better than it actually was.
Like that picture in the train with ppl with phones and before with ppl with papers.
Show me now a picture of people walking around public spaces reading papers.
it's different because papers are huge and don't make it easy to walk while reading, but the trend on lonelines existed way before smartphones arrived, this painting is a portrait of that society, there's also a good book called bowling alone
i would definitely be more lonely without it