re: #296 Fairly Sure I’m Still Obdicut

You seem to be saying that changing from face-to-face communication to non-online stuff has caused this lack of focus. What do you mean by ‘focus’ or ‘ennui’ and how has the centuries long-change from personal conversations to mass media changed those?

What I feel may well be part of the larger changes that have entered our society since the telegraph, radio, TV, etc.

When I read letters from my ancestors, some of whom were born in the early 19th century, I am struck by how limited and humble they seem to be. As with reading wills from the 18th century, where even a simple spoon had to be accounted for.

Part of the change may be due to accumulated wealth, but I do believe that we have lost something by reducing our interpersonal interaction to electrons. Having to physically move, to transport oneself over a distance, to interact with someone may have made the whole experience more valuable.