You're Not Lonely, You're Just Isolated

People are lonely. Is it because we are addicted to our phones, or is that a symptom of larger design choices we made when building our places? We cover some of the general concepts related to social infrastructure an try to evaluate what to do next. Interviews: ‪@studio.leonardo‬ ‪@TypeAshton‬ ‪@flurfdesign‬ ‪@amandamaryanna‬ Video Filmed, Edited and Directed by Mike Pasternock Story Producer/Researcher: Seairra Jones Books Referenced: -Putnam, Robert D. Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community. Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2020. -Oldenburg, Ray. The Great Good Place: Cafes, Coffee Shops, Bookstores, Bars, Hair Salons, and Other Hangouts at the Heart of a Community. Berkshire Publishing Group LLC, 2023. -Klinenberg, Eric. Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life. Broadway Books, 2019. -Boyd, Danah. It’s Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens. Yale University Press, 2015. 00:00 Intro 01:30 The Social Erosion Begins 03:33 Chance Encounters in Third Places 06:15 Zillennial or Boomer? 08:00 A Lack of Autonomy 10:27 Rachel Returns with Footage 12:25 Germany and Universal Design 14:23 Good and Bad Responses 15:29 Well-Meaning, Overbearing 17:25 What Do We Do?