Yeah, people were much more neighborly before the internet (or maybe social media also changed things, to me the early internet felt different than the later internet but I'm in my late 30s). I think world culture is actually changing, not just American culture, but this is because there is effectively visa less travel on the internet.
I think every form of mass communication humans get both dumber and more informed. It was probably like that in 1890 when the Gramophone was invented. Maybe the transistor radio, TV, telegraph also changed things, or say the printing press. Maybe it felt like that in the 31st century BC when Cuneiform (and thus recorded history) was invented, but for most of human history, only the elite were literate.
Yeah, people were much more neighborly before the internet (or maybe social media also changed things, to me the early internet felt different than the later internet but I'm in my late 30s). I think world culture is actually changing, not just American culture, but this is because there is effectively visa less travel on the internet.
I think every form of mass communication humans get both dumber and more informed. It was probably like that in 1890 when the Gramophone was invented. Maybe the transistor radio, TV, telegraph also changed things, or say the printing press. Maybe it felt like that in the 31st century BC when Cuneiform (and thus recorded history) was invented, but for most of human history, only the elite were literate.
That being said everything goes through cycle.