the next generation will be about solving meaning and loneliness

the biggest problem of our generation is loneliness and loss of meaning.

we need to bring back friendship to the internet.

first, why is this happening?

on egalitarian individuals, intersectional theory of identity, and emergent publics

our past and our desired future: before modernity - individuals were born into families rooted within kin-based institutions that provided everything: livelihood , substance, and meaning.

the beginning of the problem: this institution was eroded by roman empire in what created individualism (everyone is equal).

on that basis, Max Weber authored the theory of the modern state which helped the creation of modern states we know today.

intersectional theory of identity: in 1908 George Simmel pioneered the idea of intersectional identity, claiming that individuals identities are deeply formed through their social relations : humans gain crucial aspects of their sense of self , goals and meaning through participation in social groups. people define themselves based on their community .

John Dewey and the emergent publics: if individuals are so fluid and dynamic , surely so too must be the social circles that intersect to constitute it : new social groups constantly forming .

the critical pathway to creating such new circles was the establishment of places where new groups can come to know one another and understand things they don't have in common with others in the broader society. These shared secrets allowed for a common interest

technology creating new publics: which share different social problems .