Hype for the Future 68E: No, Meeting People is not “Optional.”

Preamble

Society cannot function if common sense claims that meeting new people is “optional” or even discouraged. Within societies that claim friendships as a luxury or a consolation prize for a loss of coupledom, the resulting behaviors are quite unethical, and in a society where meeting people is privatized, organizing to topple the unethical systems becomes increasingly impossible.

Introduction

Society often teaches people that meeting people is optional, but why? Is it possible that meeting people is a necessarily common good for public service and can, ironically, provide greater safety?

Hype for the Future 12/284: Concerns with the Future

novaTopFlex is getting nervous about losing the vast majority of a social circle naturally built from just a few years of common experience. Any help would be gladly appreciated from any individual or group who has missed any group(s) elsewhere.

The Philosophical Debates (Kay-Kingsbury Edition)

Andrew Kay (novaTopFlex) is currently in multiple ongoing philosophical arguments involving Alexander Kingsbury, Mojo, and MrLee on Mastodon, all under a common core of shared beliefs for—or against—capitalism. While novaTopFlex fears infinite growth and the criminalization of genuine friendship and authenticity as well as forced conformity to traditional roles in society, Kingsbury claims that capitalism contains no demands for infinite growth nor for related concerns. In addition, Mojo and MrLee have identified common concerns regarding the erosion of community and empathy in a society that prides wealth accumulation as “success.”