People focus on the treadmill of keeping up and faults of dopamine. I think its worst foul is fooling people they are ‘connected’ when we all need face to face friends who will come over at 2:30am in our hour of need. Real connection needs #ThirdPlaces. But distant connections foster collaboration.

I keep waiting for NIMBYs to cite Jane Jacobs as a grassroots organizer fighting for her neighborhood so I can quote her goals back to them.