On Monday a massively drunk guy came into the coffee shop I go to for morning coffee in my neighborhood (it was still 'last night' for him).
He was on the phone, too. That made him doubly disconnected yet loud. He dominated the whole room. So, I finally decided not to put up with it, and left.
It points out some additional ways we can be in physical proximity and yet be far away from each other: being intoxicated/high; being on the phone.
Last night at dinner, we discussed the fact that we spend all day at the computer. Imagine observing someone behaving like that if you didn't know what a computer was for - it would look completely insane.
In many ways we are insane. When traditional village, agricultural, or pastoral life was the norm around the planet, we were pretty insane, too (thinking here of Biblical accounts of stoning). However, postmodern life is characterized by its disconnectedness, and the illusion of being individuals who are totally independent.
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