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bell-cot01/15/20262 repliesview on HN

Old geezer take: If you're referring to smart phones - social engagement in the US was already headed down 5 decades before those were invented. I blame TV.


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dvergeylen01/16/2026

Indeed, TV enabled millions of people to laugh at the same joke simultaneously, each sitting alone on their own sofa.