A world without personal relation to others is impoverished and lonely

Evidence

But Solnit’s book is almost more useful as an illustration of a second reason to care about those around us, which is that an “I-It” world without “Thous” is an impoverished and lonely place to live. — Jenny Odell, How to Do Nothing, 460

Categorization

• DEFINE: Introduces the I-It vs I-Thou framing (Buber) as a positive reason for caring distinct from practical necessity.
• XREF: connects to: Human friendship heals loneliness that no plant medicine can reach. — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom,…, 274; Loneliness is not solitude but a distinct condition of being deserted by others — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 1080; Humans are obligately interdependent, not naturally solitary (+6 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Human friendship heals loneliness that no plant medicine can reach. — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom,…, 274; Loneliness is not solitude but a distinct condition of being deserted by others — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 1080; Humans are obligately interdependent, not naturally solitary (+6 more)

Broader Connections

• Postmodern society has eliminated the old types of solitude for rich and poor alike #complicates (0.75) — Fredric Jameson, Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic…, 698
• Sociology overlooked the pervasive situation of strangers among strangers #complicates (0.74) — Lyn H. Lofland, World of Strangers_ Order and Action in…, 1064