RE: A Missing Element
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One of the things that I see in HIVE as in every other social media is the tendency to look for echo-chambers. It's easier to connect digitally with people who think the same, than going out and be confronted with the dissenting views on things from the neighbors. That, too, is something that is fragmenting our society. We do not confront ourselves with "the other" anymore, but rather try to stay comfortable and seek only the like-minded.
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Yes, it's a path of least resistance, which depending on the pov can be both a good and not so good aspect of our modern social life. I think identifying too much on the echo chamber digital communities we're part of is detrimental for retaining a sense of objective reality as how life works. I personally like to be at the other side of the spectrum and hear about things that are opposing even remotely to what I currently resonate with. In many cases, I can find pot holes on my own preferences but there's also no smooth straight highway on both ends of the spectrum.
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I do, too, and one can find those in the internet for sure. But in the long term, it's a lot healthier for oneself and especially the community around us to get those dissenting views from our neighbors, exchange views and values with them. They will be there when push comes to shove. The internet people probably won't.
Very true, that's the part most tend to overlook. Internet community wouldn't be able to help fast enough when push comes to shove, the direct relationship for that is best built with people around our proximity.