Comments on: Our dwindling connection http://hesitating.org/2006/07/02/our-dwindling-connection/ Thinking critically about the world so that you don't have to. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:25:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: William Sherman http://hesitating.org/2006/07/02/our-dwindling-connection/#comment-30 William Sherman Tue, 04 Jul 2006 03:59:43 +0000 http://hesitating.org/2006/06/29/our-dwindling-connection/#comment-30 I have to warn you this will be a very dry comment. But I first heard this news on NPR (I warned you, the comment is going to be dry) and the author of the study said she doubted this decline in friendship had anything to do with the Internet. Rather, longer work hours and more family members in the workforce. I think that's what she said. Also that people in like Oklahoma and Kansas were the worst off. Pacific northwest doing much better. The Internet can be a great place for fostering connections. How deep they go, who knows. To respond to your question: >>>Who and where are your confidants? You are my sole confidant, Daniel. I have to warn you this will be a very dry comment. But I first heard this news on NPR (I warned you, the comment is going to be dry) and the author of the study said she doubted this decline in friendship had anything to do with the Internet. Rather, longer work hours and more family members in the workforce. I think that’s what she said. Also that people in like Oklahoma and Kansas were the worst off. Pacific northwest doing much better.

The Internet can be a great place for fostering connections. How deep they go, who knows.

To respond to your question:

>>>Who and where are your confidants?

You are my sole confidant, Daniel.

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