One's A Crowd By Eric Klinenberg Analysis
Sonyah Bramble
Professor Marzan
Sociology 11
09/30/2016
Can one live alone without the feeling of utter loneliness and despair? Does living alone mean that one is isolating themselves? Does living alone come with an expectation of a less active social existence? These are just some of the questions being raised and answered in the New York Times article One’s a Crowd by Eric Klinenberg. In the article, Klinenberg discusses how the view on solitary living has changed over the past years in cities across the world. He also discusses how the advent of technology has changed the way that we as a society navigate the seas of single living and what it has meant for different people of different age brackets.
In today’s society, it is a known belief that unmarried, unattached people tend to be more likely to succumb to depression and many of the other unfortunate pitfalls of life. Some of the other common sense beliefs include: single people don’t get out much, single people are lonely; or my personal favorite, if you are single, you are always looking for a mate; but is there any truth to any of these beliefs? I am personally acquainted with many people who live alone and these assumptions are baseless, maybe even bordering …show more content…
There are so many ways to be social in this age of technology that it is sometimes overwhelming. We as a society have the world at our fingertips with little more effort than just a few keystrokes. I believe that this is just a sign of social evolution; but the true meaning of evolution has become unknown, because of the adaptive nature of the individual. The theory of evolution implies that humans change over time to adapt to their environment and without this change they would die. Everyone has their own perception on life, what we all have in common is that we all ultimately have a subconscious need to be social, wheather in fact or in
Professor Marzan
Sociology 11
09/30/2016
Can one live alone without the feeling of utter loneliness and despair? Does living alone mean that one is isolating themselves? Does living alone come with an expectation of a less active social existence? These are just some of the questions being raised and answered in the New York Times article One’s a Crowd by Eric Klinenberg. In the article, Klinenberg discusses how the view on solitary living has changed over the past years in cities across the world. He also discusses how the advent of technology has changed the way that we as a society navigate the seas of single living and what it has meant for different people of different age brackets.
In today’s society, it is a known belief that unmarried, unattached people tend to be more likely to succumb to depression and many of the other unfortunate pitfalls of life. Some of the other common sense beliefs include: single people don’t get out much, single people are lonely; or my personal favorite, if you are single, you are always looking for a mate; but is there any truth to any of these beliefs? I am personally acquainted with many people who live alone and these assumptions are baseless, maybe even bordering …show more content…
There are so many ways to be social in this age of technology that it is sometimes overwhelming. We as a society have the world at our fingertips with little more effort than just a few keystrokes. I believe that this is just a sign of social evolution; but the true meaning of evolution has become unknown, because of the adaptive nature of the individual. The theory of evolution implies that humans change over time to adapt to their environment and without this change they would die. Everyone has their own perception on life, what we all have in common is that we all ultimately have a subconscious need to be social, wheather in fact or in