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		<title>By: Life After Mass Society? &#124; Neurodiversity</title>
		<link>http://kingdomofintroversion.com/2010/01/10/life-after-mass-society/#comment-1185</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Life After Mass Society? &#124; Neurodiversity]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 05:05:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: unclegluon</title>
		<link>http://kingdomofintroversion.com/2010/01/10/life-after-mass-society/#comment-524</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 03:19:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I never studied sociology, but not too far off.  My field was history.

Reading about these kinds of subjects is pure fun, so I&#039;ve taught myself a few things.
Actually, I think it&#039;s a waste to learn something from a teacher you&#039;d never want to teach yourself.  Otherwise, no further growth potential when the class is passed.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I never studied sociology, but not too far off.  My field was history.</p>
<p>Reading about these kinds of subjects is pure fun, so I&#8217;ve taught myself a few things.<br />
Actually, I think it&#8217;s a waste to learn something from a teacher you&#8217;d never want to teach yourself.  Otherwise, no further growth potential when the class is passed.</p>
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		<title>By: quietus</title>
		<link>http://kingdomofintroversion.com/2010/01/10/life-after-mass-society/#comment-523</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 13:04:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a fellow introvert I agree with your premises, here. I would like to ask, as you seem very knowledgable on the topic of society and its functionings in general, if you by any chance studied sociology in college?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As a fellow introvert I agree with your premises, here. I would like to ask, as you seem very knowledgable on the topic of society and its functionings in general, if you by any chance studied sociology in college?</p>
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		<title>By: MRDA</title>
		<link>http://kingdomofintroversion.com/2010/01/10/life-after-mass-society/#comment-426</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[MRDA]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 13:48:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[True or not, it doesn&#039;t undermine the fact that a lot of females DO think like he describes.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>True or not, it doesn&#8217;t undermine the fact that a lot of females DO think like he describes.</p>
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		<title>By: pupi</title>
		<link>http://kingdomofintroversion.com/2010/01/10/life-after-mass-society/#comment-336</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 18:42:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[your last paragraph is not very wise.you have a distorted image of women.actually i believe that you perceive them the way an extrovert &quot;alpha&quot; male does(the ones you REALLY dislike) and this is the source of a great deal of your issues.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>your last paragraph is not very wise.you have a distorted image of women.actually i believe that you perceive them the way an extrovert &#8220;alpha&#8221; male does(the ones you REALLY dislike) and this is the source of a great deal of your issues.</p>
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		<title>By: unclegluon</title>
		<link>http://kingdomofintroversion.com/2010/01/10/life-after-mass-society/#comment-335</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[unclegluon]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 09:39:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Often, the societal drive for personal financial independence means everyone must ironically sacrifice every vestige of personal independence, all control over one&#039;s life and time.
It occurred to me that a small minority of people throughout history of humanity have ever been able to have their very own residences and personal financial independence.

It is a classic &lt;a href=&quot;http://kingdomofintroversion.com/2009/06/23/the-tragedy-of-the-lords/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Tragedy of the Lords&lt;/a&gt; that was once a luxury is now an essential.  It is an essential that drives us apart from one another, isolates us, and makes us weak.  Soon, our house cat and household brand names are playing a bigger role in our daily lives than our family and friends.  Following our modern idea of &lt;a href=&quot;http://kingdomofintroversion.com/2009/05/04/the-irony-of-modern-individualism/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;individualism&lt;/a&gt; ironically strips us of our freedom to live as individuals.  Everyone&#039;s struggling to pay rent just like everyone else.  People can&#039;t even pay less rent or else they would lose status and have to live in an unfashionable neighborhood where it&#039;s unwise to fill the place with too many expensive electronics.  Let&#039;s face it, even the cheapest possible place isn&#039;t very cheap in proportion to other expenses.
It seems like it would make sense to band together with other people to make life easier.

But all these people who had their own rooms since they were babies are ill suited to cope with even one new person sharing their space.  This is painfully evident in college where no one can seem to get along with their roommate.  Unlike any other culture in the history of the human species they have nearly zero concept of how to share their personal space, time, and belongings with others.
If we have a tacitly understood social etiquette for sharing a bus, a subway car, or even a sidewalk is it that extraordinary to exist in the same room with another human being without constantly coming to blows?

  Another major problem: Men suffer a huge loss in status from sharing space with another.  Can&#039;t he afford his own place?  What woman would want him?  Her status would suffer in turn for being with him.  &quot;How do you ___ with him with that other guy there?  Why is he so cheap?&quot;  All her lady friends would ask.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Often, the societal drive for personal financial independence means everyone must ironically sacrifice every vestige of personal independence, all control over one&#8217;s life and time.<br />
It occurred to me that a small minority of people throughout history of humanity have ever been able to have their very own residences and personal financial independence.</p>
<p>It is a classic <a href="http://kingdomofintroversion.com/2009/06/23/the-tragedy-of-the-lords/" rel="nofollow">Tragedy of the Lords</a> that was once a luxury is now an essential.  It is an essential that drives us apart from one another, isolates us, and makes us weak.  Soon, our house cat and household brand names are playing a bigger role in our daily lives than our family and friends.  Following our modern idea of <a href="http://kingdomofintroversion.com/2009/05/04/the-irony-of-modern-individualism/" rel="nofollow">individualism</a> ironically strips us of our freedom to live as individuals.  Everyone&#8217;s struggling to pay rent just like everyone else.  People can&#8217;t even pay less rent or else they would lose status and have to live in an unfashionable neighborhood where it&#8217;s unwise to fill the place with too many expensive electronics.  Let&#8217;s face it, even the cheapest possible place isn&#8217;t very cheap in proportion to other expenses.<br />
It seems like it would make sense to band together with other people to make life easier.</p>
<p>But all these people who had their own rooms since they were babies are ill suited to cope with even one new person sharing their space.  This is painfully evident in college where no one can seem to get along with their roommate.  Unlike any other culture in the history of the human species they have nearly zero concept of how to share their personal space, time, and belongings with others.<br />
If we have a tacitly understood social etiquette for sharing a bus, a subway car, or even a sidewalk is it that extraordinary to exist in the same room with another human being without constantly coming to blows?</p>
<p>  Another major problem: Men suffer a huge loss in status from sharing space with another.  Can&#8217;t he afford his own place?  What woman would want him?  Her status would suffer in turn for being with him.  &#8220;How do you ___ with him with that other guy there?  Why is he so cheap?&#8221;  All her lady friends would ask.</p>
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		<title>By: mastermind</title>
		<link>http://kingdomofintroversion.com/2010/01/10/life-after-mass-society/#comment-325</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[mastermind]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:42:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am currently in an ok middle ground position. I work as a teacher/tutor for all sorts of standardized tests and as a content publisher online (basically just write reviews and product descriptions). These jobs do not really require a ton of interaction with superiors and ass kissing. 

These are two solutions I have found. They both pay a decent amount. Additionally, I get to skip out on a significant portion of taxes, which basically forces most to work and live paycheck to paycheck. I am looking to branch out with different aspects of internet marketing. 

If you could figure out a way to make  just a little bit of money online, you could easily survive without being held captive to trite social interaction. 

Your recommendation about living mates is completely credited. Most men nowadays really lack great dating options here in the western world. Instead of shacking up with a poison pill, we should band together and live a life of leisure and pleasurable work. Eventually, the savings could go towards a larger investment.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am currently in an ok middle ground position. I work as a teacher/tutor for all sorts of standardized tests and as a content publisher online (basically just write reviews and product descriptions). These jobs do not really require a ton of interaction with superiors and ass kissing. </p>
<p>These are two solutions I have found. They both pay a decent amount. Additionally, I get to skip out on a significant portion of taxes, which basically forces most to work and live paycheck to paycheck. I am looking to branch out with different aspects of internet marketing. </p>
<p>If you could figure out a way to make  just a little bit of money online, you could easily survive without being held captive to trite social interaction. </p>
<p>Your recommendation about living mates is completely credited. Most men nowadays really lack great dating options here in the western world. Instead of shacking up with a poison pill, we should band together and live a life of leisure and pleasurable work. Eventually, the savings could go towards a larger investment.</p>
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		<title>By: unclegluon</title>
		<link>http://kingdomofintroversion.com/2010/01/10/life-after-mass-society/#comment-322</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is an impasse I&#039;m still sorting out.  Finding a golden mean, a balance between social survival and self seems the obvious solution but that&#039;s just not how it works.  Just being able to pay the rent requires an all out struggle to survive.  There is no room for balance.  It&#039;s zero sum.  All or nothing.  Otherwise one is outcompeted by someone who was willing to sacrifice balance in life for immediate survival.
Is there middle ground between corporate climber and starving homeless person?  Not really.  People in relatively undemanding service jobs earn well below what is necessary to survive on their own.

The best I can figure so far:  Do what dirt poor immigrants do.  Pay for a place to live as a group and manage to share it without major disputes.  They sure don&#039;t have to worry about loneliness.  Even 3-4 people working part time for lousy wages could pay off a modest apartment with plenty to spare.  Beyond that, the key would be to work at places within walking distance and avoid cars like the plague.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is an impasse I&#8217;m still sorting out.  Finding a golden mean, a balance between social survival and self seems the obvious solution but that&#8217;s just not how it works.  Just being able to pay the rent requires an all out struggle to survive.  There is no room for balance.  It&#8217;s zero sum.  All or nothing.  Otherwise one is outcompeted by someone who was willing to sacrifice balance in life for immediate survival.<br />
Is there middle ground between corporate climber and starving homeless person?  Not really.  People in relatively undemanding service jobs earn well below what is necessary to survive on their own.</p>
<p>The best I can figure so far:  Do what dirt poor immigrants do.  Pay for a place to live as a group and manage to share it without major disputes.  They sure don&#8217;t have to worry about loneliness.  Even 3-4 people working part time for lousy wages could pay off a modest apartment with plenty to spare.  Beyond that, the key would be to work at places within walking distance and avoid cars like the plague.</p>
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		<title>By: mastermind</title>
		<link>http://kingdomofintroversion.com/2010/01/10/life-after-mass-society/#comment-318</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[mastermind]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:44:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is an interesting concept. The path that many extroverts take is hilarious at best. A lot of them seek positions of high power, prestige, and/or status. It&#039;s a no-win scenario. Either you &quot;succeed&quot; by acquiring the position and then held hostage by the social structure that gave you this position of rank, or you fail at landing the title and are branded a &quot;loser&quot;. 

Furthermore, if you do succeed you make many new connections with others. However, these new connections are largely transient in nature and are based on what you can &quot;bring to the table.&quot; Once the status card is stripped, the relationship dissipates.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is an interesting concept. The path that many extroverts take is hilarious at best. A lot of them seek positions of high power, prestige, and/or status. It&#8217;s a no-win scenario. Either you &#8220;succeed&#8221; by acquiring the position and then held hostage by the social structure that gave you this position of rank, or you fail at landing the title and are branded a &#8220;loser&#8221;. </p>
<p>Furthermore, if you do succeed you make many new connections with others. However, these new connections are largely transient in nature and are based on what you can &#8220;bring to the table.&#8221; Once the status card is stripped, the relationship dissipates.</p>
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		<title>By: judah</title>
		<link>http://kingdomofintroversion.com/2010/01/10/life-after-mass-society/#comment-296</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[judah]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 17:54:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[these are my thoughts almost exactly]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>these are my thoughts almost exactly</p>
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