Time.com: Poor, Disconnected and Living in the Cloud

[LiberalElite]

http://time.com/3453258/poor-disconnected-and-living-in-the-cloud/

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When your work doesn’t demand a physical address and you’ve lost social contacts and the web of connections they provide, it’s all too easy to find yourself hovering more or less nowhere
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[DCBob]

1. Facinating and disturbing read.

Thanks for posting.

[BlueJazz]

2. When I was doing tech work for people, I ran into this scenario/lifestyle of people like Heather...

...quite a few times...maybe 15-20 percent. Nice people but living in a void because (I think) mainly money.
They couldn't go out much. Couldn't mix with people. Usually didn't have a car so couldn't get to various groups.

By not mixing with other humans they seemed (again..I think) to have lost their social skills. I came to this conclusion because
the first 15 minutes of interaction with them was ...um...thinking.. anxious, yeah, anxious. I had a hard time trying to even to find out
what was going on with their computer. After an hour or so, they came alive and would offer me a sandwich or coffee and start talking
with much enthusiasm.
I didn't feel sorry for them so much as I wish I could brighten up their life for a little longer than 2 hours or so...

[BuelahWitch]

3. I see that someone posted the bright idea

that she should just pick up and leave California. How does one do that when there is little means and no social network to help?
Though not totally in as dire a situation, I know where she is coming from. Unless you've made your connections when you didn't *need* them, and/or you have family who love you enough to want to help, single women past a certain age are basically screwed. Even worse if you weren't that social to begin with.

[kimbutgar]

4. Off topic

I love your Louise brooks avatar

[BuelahWitch]

5. Thanks so much! n/t

[Marrah_G]

6. I work from home

I love it. I do everything by computer and phone. No gas or long commutes and I can work in my pajamas. I also save a bundle on food and coffee. I still socialize both on and off the computer