#2: The Sound of Silence
“Our times were the best!”
“No AI. No computers. No iPhones. People were people—not zombies staring at screens.”
Umm…
Simon & Garfunkel wrote The Sound of Silence in the 1960s—long before computers, AI, or smartphones became part of everyday life.¹
Uh-oh!
And yet… these are excellent tools to connect.
But we can still be lonely in crowds.²
I wonder…
Are we hearing or listening?
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Supports the reference to Simon & Garfunkel’s The Sound of Silence, released in the 1960s.
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Examines whether being around other people is associated with less loneliness in everyday life—supporting the idea that we can still feel lonely even in the presence of others.
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