Comment by PsylentKnight
20 days ago
Community in the US was largely centered around the church. I think it is an uphill battle getting a large group of people to get together and hang out multiple times a week when they don’t have a very compelling reason outside of the socialization itself to do so (i.e. the threat of eternal damnation)
You were looking for book recommendations a week or so ago, right? Have you ever read the book "Bowling Alone"?
I own it, but I haven’t read it haha
One day
same way i approached that book actually. i think i had it on my bookshelf from the used book store at least a couple of years before i got around to reading it, around the same time i got into a 2-3 week niche read of 'people who do things that are pretty weird sorta undercover and screw themselves up psychologically to try to feel what it is like to 'live' like they perceive other people do' (ehrenreich, vincent, griffin, etc.). it fit the sociological alienation motif nicely.
anyway, decent book but aging fast (like goffman's presentation of self in everyday life).
sapiens (by harari) also seems a decent book though i have not gotten around to finishing it (yet).