Is society becoming more insular?

Question

When I was a boy, if you wanted to buy something, you had to go to a store and talk to a salesperson. If you needed to know movie times, you had to call the movie theater. If you wanted to "chat" with a friend, you called him or her on the telephone or met him in the school halls. Then came the Sony Walkman in the 1980's. The Walkman allowed you to put on a pair of headphones and isolate yourself from human contact. You were in your own island of music. Next came the cell phone in the 1990's. Now you could remove yourself one step further from contact by walking and talking. Then came the Internet, a tool that, ironically, both links and isolates people. On the 'Net, I've ordered products from abroad, found movie times, chatted with strangers, met friends and romanced my fiance. Yet in some ways, the Internet isolates us one step further. Now we can do all sorts of things without ever contacting another human being. Are we becoming insular, as a species?

Answer 1

I like this question.
That's because not only do we not talk to one another anymore,
but nobody smiles, everyone seems to be "dog eat dog."

Once in Australia, we never "Dobbed on someone else". This means telling the authorities on one another, now people sell their stories to the newspapers, etc.

Where have all the hippies gone,
Gone to grey suits everyone.

Romance seems to be dead.
But be heartened, there are still poets, and people who care.
Yeas they are harder to find.
Go out of the city, find a small town and settle there.
Somewhere like Galveston, or Portland.

We need to try to make a difference, everyone of us. I don't care if people think I'm nuts. I smile and say hello. Take time to speak to the characters of the town.

Many people are lost and lonely. All they need is a friendly word.

Go ahead try it, it will give you faith in the human race.

Answer 2

You cannot stop progress my friend. There are so many more people in the world now, than maybe when you were younger. Don't know how old you are, but when society gets so populated that they cannot even walk around without bumping into someone, yes, they do isolate themselves to have their own space. However, they continue to make contact, but just through the internet, cell phones, etc., that is their way of communicating. It is what the people of today want, take it or leave it.

Answer 3

I don't think we are becoming insular or isolated. What the matter actually is the more convenient life cause us lazier. I have benefited from Internet making more friends and even doing some small business and met more people illegally. what we need to do is just pick up some passions and go out to say "hello" and continually discover more opportunities to do so through Internet or the modern life!!!

Answer 4

it is just a sign of how fast the changing of society has taken place with people exploring new methods to find all they want and at the same time be comfortable asking what they are asking for.nowadays you don't find a person asking openly for condoms in medical shops,thanks to condom vending machines. why was this introduced?-ponder over this yourselves.

Answer 5

People have become lonely not insulated .we don't say hello any more we are scared of each other.