>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