What would you even do? Read a book, play a game, browse your phone, or something in these public spaces? What’s the difference between at home and in a public space with people?
People always talk about public spaces as if magically they would pull people in simply by existing and everyone would socialize with anyone else that showed up. That’s not what happens in reality though, because there are still public places in America and yet here we are anyway.
What would you even do? Read a book, …? What’s the difference between at home and in a public space with people?
I went on a few dates with a woman who saw me reading a book in public and started a conversation. I’m not a social person, but talking to strangers is nice, from time to time.
We’re social animals. Most of us benefit from interaction. Society is better when we interact with people outside our normal bubbles.
What would you even do? Read a book, play a game, browse your phone, or something in these public spaces? What’s the difference between at home and in a public space with people?
People always talk about public spaces as if magically they would pull people in simply by existing and everyone would socialize with anyone else that showed up. That’s not what happens in reality though, because there are still public places in America and yet here we are anyway.
Drink
…a posh private reading lounge recently opened our city, well-stocked with whisky and cigars…
I saw a naked man masturbating on a unicycle once. So that’s always an option.
I went on a few dates with a woman who saw me reading a book in public and started a conversation. I’m not a social person, but talking to strangers is nice, from time to time.
We’re social animals. Most of us benefit from interaction. Society is better when we interact with people outside our normal bubbles.