SillyValley Asocialites

[Doug Henwood]

kelley wrote:

>NETWORKED STRANGERS
>One of the findings of the just-published Social Capital Community 
>Benchmark Survey, http://www.cfsv.org, is that Silicon Valley is a 
>community that is relatively backward socially compared to national 
>statistics: people in the Valley are 27% less likely than people 
>elsewhere to visit with relatives, and are not very inclined to 
>serve as community leaders, join clubs, or even attend public 
>meetings. But even nationally, says survey director Robert Putnam, 
>"there has been a serious erosion in American connectedness."

What about bowling leagues? Are they ironic bowlers, lonely bowlers, 
or non-bowlers? Is Putnam falling down on the job?

Doug