I worry about this, too. For as much as I love the Internet, it is another tool that disconnects us from human interaction. IMO, you can see the fragmentation of communities with each ‘advancement’ in technology. In the last 40 years, that’s something that’s moved at warp speed. Few know their neighbors. Few use public transportation. I’ve noticed that people are getting to be meaner drivers. The number of lawbreakers or just plain discourteous drivers is on the rise and if you deign to tap your horn, you get a hand gesture and a mouth of words - often with kids in the backseat watching it all. Welcome future crappy drivers, here’s your lesson in how to act. People believe their rights supercede everyone else’s. At home, family members avoid each other in favor of the pc(s), tv(s), cd(s), and game cube(s). Then there’s mobile phones to answer (for every member of the house).

It’s demoralizing, really. What the answer is, I’m not sure. But Scott seems to be on the right track. When we bought a house, I baked cookies for my new neighbors the first week. It was a start. But I haven’t been that great about communicating since then. But when people don’t even want to communication with their own family, there isn’t much hope for them doing it with everyone else.