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How to Know What's Real: How to Live in a Digital City
How to Know What’s Real
Understanding Social Interactions in Urban Spaces
The concept of building deep relationships with everyone we encounter in a city is unrealistic. Online interactions often lack the same understanding. Goffman's idea of civil inattention sheds light on this. Stanley Milgram explored the notion of familiar strangers, studying the dynamics of social life in the mid-20th century and post-World War II era, amidst mass urbanization. His experiments and observations at public transit stops highlighted the level of recognition and familiarity that can exist among individuals in a city.
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