Alice Evans

online connectivity enables people to stroll on Instagram, play Call of Duty, World of Warcraft. So we're all becoming, it's not just being single, we're all retreating into this digital solitude. And I think that's partly because technology makes it nicer and easier to stay at home. You can work from home.

online connectivity enables people to stroll on Instagram, play Call of Duty, World of Warcraft. So we're all becoming, it's not just being single, we're all retreating into this digital solitude. And I think that's partly because technology makes it nicer and easier to stay at home. You can work from home.

And some of these apps are so hyper engaging that you sort of get distracted by the constant stream of Dopamine hits as each app, as each technology company competes against others to keep its users hooked. And effectively, the tech is out-competing personal interactions. That's my fear.

And some of these apps are so hyper engaging that you sort of get distracted by the constant stream of Dopamine hits as each app, as each technology company competes against others to keep its users hooked. And effectively, the tech is out-competing personal interactions. That's my fear.

And there's the big difference that sub-Saharan Africa has much, much lower rates of smartphone penetration.

And there's the big difference that sub-Saharan Africa has much, much lower rates of smartphone penetration.

I totally agree that in person you get when I think the male female friendships are really important driver of gender equality, because as you come to care about someone as a friend, as you listen to their stories, as you as you hear about how their day was or the kind of things they don't like.

I totally agree that in person you get when I think the male female friendships are really important driver of gender equality, because as you come to care about someone as a friend, as you listen to their stories, as you as you hear about how their day was or the kind of things they don't like.

And they say, hey, you know, I was interviewing this guy in Catalonia or in Spain and he was telling me that, you know. they went to watch a football game at the bar and the women were saying that they didn't like it when guys were rowdy or aggressive. Or when one of his female friends was approached by a guy and she said no to him, he called her a puta, he called her a whore or something.

And they say, hey, you know, I was interviewing this guy in Catalonia or in Spain and he was telling me that, you know. they went to watch a football game at the bar and the women were saying that they didn't like it when guys were rowdy or aggressive. Or when one of his female friends was approached by a guy and she said no to him, he called her a puta, he called her a whore or something.

And she was saying to her friend that that was distressing. She didn't like that. And because he cared about her friend, his friend, he sort of understood that and he empathized that and he moderated his own behavior. And I think that building trust, rapport, understanding of what offends or, you know, not even just a fence, but having a sense of what matters to the other person. So that's it.

And she was saying to her friend that that was distressing. She didn't like that. And because he cared about her friend, his friend, he sort of understood that and he empathized that and he moderated his own behavior. And I think that building trust, rapport, understanding of what offends or, you know, not even just a fence, but having a sense of what matters to the other person. So that's it.

I absolutely agree that retreating into these digital spaces of solitude harms our understanding and also our solidarity more broadly, you know, whether we care about other people, right?

I absolutely agree that retreating into these digital spaces of solitude harms our understanding and also our solidarity more broadly, you know, whether we care about other people, right?

I definitely believe that.

I definitely believe that.

I think that's all true. And I absolutely agree that intimate partnerships are a major important factor for building mutual understanding, common ground, etc. That said, I don't think this is just about men not understanding women, a sort of men from Mars, women from Venus story, because

I think that's all true. And I absolutely agree that intimate partnerships are a major important factor for building mutual understanding, common ground, etc. That said, I don't think this is just about men not understanding women, a sort of men from Mars, women from Venus story, because

If you look at some modern trends, say, for example, the discourse of secular monks, whereby a young American man will say, I'm going to eat these specific macros, I'll have 200 grams of protein, I'll spend two hours on the bike. That's a guy with no friends. That's a guy who's prioritizing, optimizing his physique and he's not strengthening and he's not building friendships.

If you look at some modern trends, say, for example, the discourse of secular monks, whereby a young American man will say, I'm going to eat these specific macros, I'll have 200 grams of protein, I'll spend two hours on the bike. That's a guy with no friends. That's a guy who's prioritizing, optimizing his physique and he's not strengthening and he's not building friendships.