Where do you go to meet real humans and have social interaction?
Tennis and rock climbing. Sports are easy gateways for friendship
Surgeon General says loneliness is driving US into anxiety and pessimism
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If we're suggesting utopian ideas that won't happen in the US, I'd personally love if we had the ability to turn our jobs part time like they do in the Netherlands. I love writing software. I 'like' my job, but the 40h / wk 9-5 can be a drag. As I get older and more financially secure, I'd love the ability to cut my working days down to 2-3d / wk. My father has a job he works 2d / wk remote, and I'm not even sure he…
That's a much better option than the "working/retired" binary. I'm sure there's opportunities out there for that, but they seem to be few and far between.
Honestly, my plan is to establish myself as a valuable contributor, then transition to a part time contractor / consultant.
The danger once you become fully financially independent is that neither you or companies are willing to compromise on your working terms and you retire by default.
I'm sure I could happily work on saas or open source projects the rest of my life, but it would be nice if I could trade some of that energy and enthusiasm in on work that pays consistently.
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Hacker News.
I find HN more depressing than other social media. It's more focused on money, more anonymous (which isn't necessarily bad, but harder to connect with people), but mostly it's by far the most arrogant. I became a lot happier when I stopped showing up here regularly.
Def on the higher end of social media IQ spectrum
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#76> Social Infrastructure That's a term that I use, for the type of social structure that most societies have[0]. Bit different from what he's written. It's not just a problem for young folks. Older folks are having huge problems with loneliness. I won't speak to how it affects our physical well-being, but it sure does affect our mental well-being, and our mental health can definitely inform our physical health. I'm al…
Right, the whole aspect of shared culture passed down many generations contain the wisdom that makes sure everyone has a role in the society
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Our (the states) reliance on car central culture is killing us in more ways than one. I grew up in the suburbs and you could easily go a week without substantially interacting with people. Jump in your metal capsule, drive 7 mins to Walmart, walk quietly across the huge parking lot, get your item and return home. Contrasted with dense urban city with public transit, you will serendipitously bump into people and be fo…
I assure you that living in the city you can easily go about your business for a week or more without talking to anyone if you so choose. People who don't know each other don't interact with each other in the city.
In affluent white neighborhoods somewhat true. Not at all true in my part of the city.
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Pub quiz meetings, art galleries, film festivals.
Literally pick any half-organized activity. They’ll be posted all over the Web (sorry, you will probably need a Facebook account), your city’s website may have lists of organizations, and there are probably some fliers posted at the library (and the library may run a few gatherings themselves!)
Those are so important! I often struggle to suggest activities other than sports
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#79Where do you go to meet real humans and have social interaction?
I do improvisational comedy. The improv community is very small despite being in a major metropolitan area.
This is one of those things that if you find people into the same thing, you can instantly bond over since it is quite niche
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#80Part of me thinks the meanness with which people interact with each other online makes people more hesitant to interact with others irl.
Yeah the online interaction can't convey the human warmth as well as irl does for sure.