This book is exhausting. I went into it appreciating the concern about how our world is changing given technology shifting the time and quality of engagement we experience in person or physically in our communities, but I had to force myself to read it. It comes across as "It's bad. It's really bad. Here is another reason why it is bad." And yet here we are. The author wasn't fair about the complexity. For we changed and also gain. I'm not arguing the calculation results in a sense that changes aren't bad and aren't losses. It's a chore to read.

I'm from a community who has benefited enormously from access to alternative types of communication, the ability to turn down the social demands in different environments, and the ability to find other people with experiences similar to me. Even pre-internet (I'm in my 40s) I was hiding in books before I got my yellow sony walkman. I don't see all of this as loss.

There are policy decisions that leaders make they are destroying thirds spaces and perceived sense of safety in those spaces. These a social and political decisions that are not about people's individual use of technology, but also affect our ability to feel apart of something, have a sense of place, and connect with other people.