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34 sats \ 1 reply \ @justin_shocknet 22h \ on: We're detaching ourselves from fellow humans. Where's the resistance? culture
Paradoxical in a way, we're connecting with MORE humans, more often, just the interface has changed... meatspace is one-to-few, digital is one-to-many
Not to say quantity = quality
Is this the employee unilaterally lowering the bar for interaction, or is it a response to customers being less engaged themselves?
Is it good or bad, more efficient or less efficient, that process has displaced personal touch?
Seems aligned with the universal patterns of expansion/contraction, interaction is centralizing or contracting, until at some point the pendulum swings back the other way
Makes me wonder how airport networking specific lounges would do as a business...
I guess you're right, we can be relating to more humans now, one-to-many. But I'm doubtful that interactions like that satisfy what I think is a basic human needs - to see and interact with other people.
Alongside the lady checking people in, who was also playing a video game on her phone - it reminds me of what I've seen a couple times recently. And that is - somebody pushing a broom in a public space, but...on their phone at the same time, watching a video. Crazy. Also interesting that this person can keep a job. I guess there's not much competition for jobs like that.
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