> Sometimes it feels like all digital technology is simply an enterprise to replace human to human contact.
replyHasn't it always been the case that technology reduces the contact with other people? Now with cars we don't need to sit next to others on trains, we don't need to ask pedestrians for directions thanks to GPS etc.
Facebook, sure, but Uber and AirBNB? I don't see how Uber has displaced some community function. AirBNB is arguably destructive to communities, but again how was community fulfilling the need it attempts to address?
replywith classified ads? or calling the local tourist office? Like people didnt rent a house for their holiday before airbnb
replyBefore Uber it was totally normal to ask someone, even an acquaintance, for a ride to the airport.
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