Dear Friends, As we are hunkered down in quarantine, we find ourselves distanced from the rest of the world. At the same time, with the feeling common struggle and purpose, it feels we are more connected to the rest of the world than we have been. While the physical separation from family and friends has generated the most print and the most angst, it is the random connections I’ve been thinking about. In the course of an ordinary day, we participate in myriad small encounters with people we don’t know. In some circumstances we just exchange a smile or a “thank you,” and move along. But every once in a while there is an interaction of shared humanity. Human beings are social beings and, notwithstanding the technologies around us to interact with people we know, I worry that we miss the more random and casual connections, and the lack of these connections may even affect our moods.
#46 Musings from the Bunker 4/29/20
#46 Musings from the Bunker 4/29/20
#46 Musings from the Bunker 4/29/20
Dear Friends, As we are hunkered down in quarantine, we find ourselves distanced from the rest of the world. At the same time, with the feeling common struggle and purpose, it feels we are more connected to the rest of the world than we have been. While the physical separation from family and friends has generated the most print and the most angst, it is the random connections I’ve been thinking about. In the course of an ordinary day, we participate in myriad small encounters with people we don’t know. In some circumstances we just exchange a smile or a “thank you,” and move along. But every once in a while there is an interaction of shared humanity. Human beings are social beings and, notwithstanding the technologies around us to interact with people we know, I worry that we miss the more random and casual connections, and the lack of these connections may even affect our moods.