Stanford’s war on social life
In fairness, this sort of transformation has taken place in every station of American life. My dweeb chemist parents regularly hosted and attended parties with their dweeb chemist colleauges. My wife and I have hosted 3 parties in the last 17 years.<p>We had to fight for the modicum of freedom our kids had growing up. Our oldest now has a car but his licence forbids him taking friends along.[1]<p>Our youngest built his first model rocket this week, to find it&#x27;s only feasible to launch with a club. The nearest club, which used to host monthly launches at Moffett field, is closed until Fall. So it&#x27;ll take as long to drive to and from the launch site as to buid a rocket, and the maximum launch cadence is monthly. Not a viable hobby for a 13-year-old, unless it&#x27;s your only hobby and your parents help with everything.<p>Churches have disintegrated, workplaces are toast. The loss of &quot;third places&quot; was measured by Putnam.[2] Somebody on twitter suggested companies should have sports teams, aparrently unaware it was quite common until recently.<p>On my first day of work in California in 2001, my boss asked me if I&#x27;d tried ecstasy yet.[3] Nowadays you must be mentally ill to take it, under a doctor&#x27;s supervision. Hope you get better like us!<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.dmv.ca.gov&#x2F;portal&#x2F;driver-education-and-safety&#x2F;educational-materials&#x2F;fast-facts&#x2F;provisional-licensing-ffdl-19&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.dmv.ca.gov&#x2F;portal&#x2F;driver-education-and-safety&#x2F;ed...</a><p>[2] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Bowling_Alone" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Bowling_Alone</a><p>[3] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;clumma&#x2F;status&#x2F;1519377410810023936" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;clumma&#x2F;status&#x2F;1519377410810023936</a>