Are individuals becoming more isolated in our society?

Question

Is this detrimental?

Explain:

Answer 1

The big change seems to be the loss of extended family due to the ease of relocation. Most of those I know have family spread across the country. This mobility offers a lot of economic and personal freedom, but at a cost.

There are skills that can could be passed on past the age of maturity, but the elders are usually left far behind, and the young must struggle for answers. It is an exchange of knowledge for freedom, and I can't measure it cost for others without waxing far in to hypotheticals.

Answer 2

Yes even when they are around others. Take a walk down a New York City street on any given day, be surrounded by people on all sides of you, yet you feel like you are alone because no one will bother looking at you, no one smiles - each has their own little agenda and tend to it to the exclusion of the others around them.

It's detrimental because even though everyone needs that sense of self, which isn't a bad thing, taken to extremes we stop thinking about those in which may need our help. It makes society more inflexible and less able to give even when they say.. maybe I should do more.

Societies are meant to be interactive.

Answer 3

yes, I think to a degree it is.
The increased mobility of the workforce and lack of any strong ties to a community resulting from this causes individuals to become isolated. I think americans are generally hardworking and combining job pressures and fatigue reduces interest in forming strong relationships. The influence of philosophy should also be included most people cannot really handle the ramifications of a Nietzsche world view but his ideas permeate our society. I think this is in part a causal factor in some of the fundamentalist hoopla.

Answer 4

Your observation is true - we are becoming an islolated society! Yes it is very very detrimental to all.

Why - because without the ability to become intimate not all intimacy refers to sexual. We are intimate creatures we need to be and have friends, close friendship, brotherly love, friendships that we feel connected, binding through out life. We need to have such friendships, for without them we destroy one another, the more we become isolated and make ourselves islands the more horrible and destructive to self and society we will become. Our capacity to be one comes on every level of our being, physically (again this is not always sexually, mentally and spiritually) Some of this is the result of homophobic in modern society, if we walk done a street hand in hand we are labeled "homo's" if we greet one another with a holy kiss, or in friendship we are labeled "homo's" There is some cultures who still do this but they too will fall by the wayside. If we hug one another or cry or feel empathic with one another we are called "homo's" Our fears are destroying who we are as a nation, as body of people as individuals. We need one another, for more reasons than we truly can fathom - God's word in the creation is so true - It is not good for man to be alone!

Answer 5

Yes.
We are living in a capsule world. The suburban way of life, the dependence on the private automobiles and the fast communications without the human contact create a personal society. I remember my liberty when I was a kid riding my bike with my friends without any preoccupations. The kids of today have virtual friends and the adults make business without shaking a hand. Is a tragedy the Globalized World ended in a impersonal society.

Answer 6

I see the affects more in the younger generations. No longer do kids "come over to play". Instead they're stuck on some internet game and while that might be "contact", it's not personal. That character means nothing to them emotionally. I think lack of personal contact serves to retard certain societal structuring. Less and less are people tolerant to another's actions simply because they are not exposed to a different type of behavior than their own or that of their immediate family. Less contact, less social ability.

Thank God I belong to a church that encourages fellowship. While it’s not feasible to attend every function that goes on, there is something for everyone and the Word is always discussed. Tolerance is taught and exposure to others is obvious.

I believe personal contact a necessary way of life.
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Answer 7

whilst it ought to look harsh to those that are unfamiliar with this Bible coaching, the scripture says,"...do you not understand a sprint leaven ferments the entire lump." a million Cor.5:6 and in verse 11 the Apostle Paul writes "i'm writing you to provide up blending in company with everyone noted as a brother this is a fornicator or a grasping individual or an idolater or a reviler or a drunkard or an extortioner." as properly to this Romans sixteen:17,18 reads "I exhort you, brothers to maintain your eye on people who reason divisions and activities for stumbling opposite to the classes which you have found out, and stay away from them. For adult adult males of that variety are slaves to not our Lord Christ...and with the help of mushy communicate...they seduce the hearts of the guileless ones." yet while people who're disfellowshipped are repentant and coach "works that befit repentance," Acts 26:20. Then ALL in ALL congregations international huge will welcome those returned with love and encouragement!

Answer 8

Yes people are becoming very isolated from one another. It will lessen compassion as a sense of community dies. Already we are seeing the results of this...

Answer 9

Hm, yes & no. It's really one of those q's that asks for an impossible answer. And, you seem to be one of the most interesting Satanists here, so, I thought I'd add you to my contacts :)
Look forward to chatting if you feel like it sometimes.

Have a great day

Answer 10

I first thought, no, but on second thought the answer could tragically be yes.

Religion frowns on individuality. In a religion you are expected to think a certain way and only their way. I detest that philosophy.