Comments on: familiar strangers

By: Dreamer20

Dreamer20 — Mon, 24 Nov 2003 09:19:59 +0000

I really don’t get the big idea of the famililiar stranger . Why should i wear such a device from Intel?

By: zephoria

zephoria — Fri, 21 Nov 2003 03:23:09 +0000

I highly recommend the whole book: The Individual in a Social World. I don’t believe that any of his essays are online.

By: Emilio Mercado

Emilio Mercado — Thu, 20 Nov 2003 14:04:10 +0000

Ahh- now I REALLY want to read Milgram’s original essay. Do you happen to know if it’s posted somewhere?

Travia/Milgram, S. (1974). Frozen World of the Familiar Stranger. Psychology Today, 8: 70-3+, Je ’74.

- Emilio (defeated googler by the thousands of references to it on physichology websites)

PS: Thanks for the awesome space!

By: Vicki Smith AKA CalGal

Vicki Smith AKA CalGal — Wed, 19 Nov 2003 15:45:37 +0000

Did you happen to read the article Disconnected Urbanism?

Author Paul Goldenberger talks about the growing use of cell phones. His contention is that using such devices destroys our notion of public space, replacing it with a physical locale in which people are, umm, less “there” because they are connecting to other people in other places in a virtual way.

I blogged about it a day or so ago, but I am still thinking about it.

Your link was fascinating. Thanks!