The unmentioned thing here is why? Why does the world with a smartphone and today's hyper-connectivity seem so different now compared to what it used to?
Did people feel the same way when the railroad and other forms of rapid transport showed up?
What makes things feel so different? Is it more competition, and for what? Is it that things are just faster, and the certainties have changed? Has it fundamentally changed how we experience relationships with people?
Are our standards now higher, and is that a good thing?
Did people feel the same way when the railroad and other forms of rapid transport showed up?
What makes things feel so different? Is it more competition, and for what? Is it that things are just faster, and the certainties have changed? Has it fundamentally changed how we experience relationships with people?
Are our standards now higher, and is that a good thing?