People are lonely. Is it because we are addicted to our phones, or is that a symptom of larger design choices we made when building our places? We cover some of the general concepts related to social infrastructure an try to evaluate what to do next.

Interviews:
‪@studio.leonardo‬
‪@TypeAshton‬
‪@flurfdesign‬
‪@amandamaryanna‬

Video Filmed, Edited and Directed by Mike Pasternock
Story Producer/Researcher: Seairra Jones

Books Referenced:
-Putnam, Robert D. Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community. Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2020.
-Oldenburg, Ray. The Great Good Place: Cafes, Coffee Shops, Bookstores, Bars, Hair Salons, and Other Hangouts at the Heart of a Community. Berkshire Publishing Group LLC, 2023.
-Klinenberg, Eric. Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life. Broadway Books, 2019.
-Boyd, Danah. It’s Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens. Yale University Press, 2015.


00:00 Intro
01:30 The Social Erosion Begins
03:33 Chance Encounters in Third Places
06:15 Zillennial or Boomer?
08:00 A Lack of Autonomy
10:27 Rachel Returns with Footage
12:25 Germany and Universal Design
14:23 Good and Bad Responses
15:29 Well-Meaning, Overbearing
17:25 What Do We Do?