This morning I am riding in to work and on NPR there is a story about the last one-room schoolhouse in the United States; they are closing it. Anyway a woman comes on and starts to preach about our loss of community and its very heartfelt, and somehow I understand what she is saying.
So I walk up the stairs to my office, turn on pandora where I am greeted with Fabolous. Pop open my email and there is a photojojo newsletter which I proceed to read. There is a google hacking article about images and they are describing how to find images by camera maker, etc. I click on the first link and its just an image search for IMG_001.JPG and its then I realize, this is where our communities have gone. I can see hundreds of first pictures. You went to a party, said hello, took a picture, I just saw it.
Now I am over simplifying it a bit but you get my point. We have lost our sense of community and though people have said it before, I am just getting it (or losing it) and I want them back.
I love the online world however I read an article last month about the weight of the internet, turns out it is far far far less than 1g. Hmm, last time I checked the real world was much more substantial.
See you there then.
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The idea of being part of an “online community” has never really worked with me. I’ve tried but like you you’re saying, there’s really no substitute for actually being with people. The internet is better than nothing at all but why do I need a second life when I’ve got the first one.
http://www.getafirstlife.com/