9/11 did feel like the last time we truly came together, and it’s unfortunate that COVID wasn’t a similar unifying event. We were all going through the exact same thing, yet divisions only deepened during that time. And now with the continued hyper personalization of the internet (the place we spend the most time consuming ideas these days), we are sharing even fewer collective experiences that bring us together. I try to remain optimistic and remind myself we don’t really know what the future looks like, but it does feel like the fracturing of our society is going to continue for a while. We’ll just have to see what comes after we hit that proverbial rock bottom I guess.
Couldn’t agree more. It seems events that could bring us together like COVID, even the LA wildfires, just turn into more fuel for the division mongers among us. Then the personalized internet insists everyone is in the right, but hopefully—if greater societal change really does start with individual choices—recognizing that and choosing to come together instead can break the spell 🤷♂️
9/11 did feel like the last time we truly came together, and it’s unfortunate that COVID wasn’t a similar unifying event. We were all going through the exact same thing, yet divisions only deepened during that time. And now with the continued hyper personalization of the internet (the place we spend the most time consuming ideas these days), we are sharing even fewer collective experiences that bring us together. I try to remain optimistic and remind myself we don’t really know what the future looks like, but it does feel like the fracturing of our society is going to continue for a while. We’ll just have to see what comes after we hit that proverbial rock bottom I guess.
Couldn’t agree more. It seems events that could bring us together like COVID, even the LA wildfires, just turn into more fuel for the division mongers among us. Then the personalized internet insists everyone is in the right, but hopefully—if greater societal change really does start with individual choices—recognizing that and choosing to come together instead can break the spell 🤷♂️