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Though epiphanies are rare for me, I had one the other day. It came when I asked my wife, in all seriousness, if we still had a doorbell. It wasn’t a “senior moment.”
Our most regular doorstep visitor, and I doubt we are alone in this regard, would be the complete stranger who delivers stuff from Amazon and, like a ghost, just silently leaves the packages on the porch.I raise this because the incidental interactions of life, the stuff which once made up a sizeable chunk of my contact with the rest of humanity, have slowed from a torrent to a trickle.
This is a sad development on so many levels: the dependance on iTunes for musical purchases means no more insightful banter with the blues gal or classical guy at the record store. said that in 2023, more than 40 per cent of Canadians over the age of 50 were at “risk of social isolationism” which meant they did not have enough people in their lives with whom “they felt at ease, could talk to and call on for help.
Trust in institutions — everything from government and business to media and religious bodies — has plummeted. So has membership in service organizations, churches, social groups, and other places where people used to regularly meet.
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