I admit it. I've just spent several hours vegging out in front of the TV. (I call it market research.) And besides The Golden Girls (reruns) and Martha Stewart (promos for her new show), as far as women over fifty go, it's been a vast wasteland tonight, indeed.
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In 2000, Prof. Robert Putnam released a book that made the headlines, called Bowling Alone, The Collapse and Revival of American Community. In a nutshell, it discusses how Americans have become less connected from family, friends, neighbors and their communities. Bridge clubs and bowling leagues had been replaced by crickets and tumbleweed. We had experienced a loss in “social capital,” or connections among individuals, impoverishing lives and communities. At the core of social capital theory is the idea that social networks have value, both personally and for society as a whole.
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