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The digital flip
source: https://www.buildirl.com
Gen Z and Millennials are seeking more IRL. High end social clubs are on the rise. Flip phones are back in. We want to spend more on experiences, less on stuff. Remote work is forcing everyone to seek in-person connection and community elsewhere.
Despite this, existing social clubs are struggling to survive and not
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Once they’re together, people can be good at finding commonalities.
“You become less of this, ‘I'm a consumer, I'm here to evaluate whether I would like to purchase that,’” he said. “You're not browsing Amazon. You're now interacting with a person. And you're just kind of feeling it.”
In other words, in person people behave more like, well, people.
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“You become less of this, ‘I'm a consumer, I'm here to evaluate whether I would like to purchase that,’” he said. “You're not browsing Amazon. You're now interacting with a person. And you're just kind of feeling it.”
In other words, in person people behave more like, well, people.
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Why tech companies shouldn’t be trusted to cure loneliness
First, we haven’t worked out good online tools for many of the reasons people go to these events. Most obviously, we don’t have any software tool for bumping into people in the same field by random chance and having a great conversation. No-one has ever really managed to take a networking event and put it online.
Benedict Evans • Solving Online Events — Benedict Evans
Instagram and TikTok have facilitated easy, superficial connections that placate the human need to truly connect to people, art, and ideas. Comparing ourselves to strangers' highlight reels flattens our self-worth.
Consuming content about cultural events gave the impression of relational connection, when in reality, I'd just watched a 15-second... See more
Consuming content about cultural events gave the impression of relational connection, when in reality, I'd just watched a 15-second... See more