We must watch the final episode When Everyone Else Does. I just don't buy it. No matter how much we want it to be so, community isn't built by having a gazillion people sitting in separate rooms, watching the same TV program. Community is based on shared values. It's based on connecting to our friends and neighbors so strongly that we create a mutual trust and knowing that together, we're much more than we are alone.
Community comes from caring.
And it comes from caring for each other . It comes from caring about things that help us reach our dreams and help those around us reach their dreams as well. We may all care for the same group of fictional characters, but that's mere entertainment unless it changes how we live together. If it doesn't make us think about what we can do to make our lives better, if it doesn't encourage us to make the lives of those around us any better, either, then fun, it may be, but community, it isn't. We seem to have a need to turn all our video devices into substitutes for live interaction.