> 2 & 6 & 7. access to airlines (and travel in general) was a net positive for meeting new people. Suddenly people could meet and get to know far more people than the handful of folks in the town they grew up in.
Debatable because social relationships also become more frivilous.
> 3 & 4. People have to depend more on others to do their farming for them, but if you're working the fields you can't be out meeting real people face to face either.
But at least you can develop closer relationships with fewer people. Again, it's a matter of what place on the spectrum is ideal.
> 5. independence is good and learning new skills means going out to new places to practice them or for supplies and equipment where you can meet other people with similar interests
Independence is good only up to a point. Too much independence is a natural consequence of advancing technology and becomes pathological.
Debatable because social relationships also become more frivilous.
> 3 & 4. People have to depend more on others to do their farming for them, but if you're working the fields you can't be out meeting real people face to face either.
But at least you can develop closer relationships with fewer people. Again, it's a matter of what place on the spectrum is ideal.
> 5. independence is good and learning new skills means going out to new places to practice them or for supplies and equipment where you can meet other people with similar interests
Independence is good only up to a point. Too much independence is a natural consequence of advancing technology and becomes pathological.