[fr0styMatt2]

I've always found a strange dichotomy in this. On the one hand, we're supposed be these extremely socially-driven creatures.

Yet on the other hand, it seems like we very easily gravitate towards isolation. The gravitation towards on-demand media and 'looking at the screen' has to be appealing, more appealing en-masse than socializing, otherwise why would we collectively gravitate towards it as a large group?

I think what I'm saying is that I think people gravitating towards TV and solitary activities is the symptom, not the cause. The real question is - what's making people more anxious about being social? Is this really a rise in social anxiety, causing a rise in people being isolated?

[gohrt]

watching TV, and playing video games, does feel social!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supernormal_stimulus