Every group and every tribe has some method of shunning and throwing people out. |
Having personally witnessed and fought vigorous efforts by the other side to disenfranchise voters, I'm encouraged by the desire to build long-term infrastructure to protect voting rights. |
In our high-tech era, deleting somebody from your cell phone book is the equivalent of throwing them out and shunning them. |
Indeed, when people lose their cell phones, it's like losing their minds. And they forget who their friends are because they have lost their cell phones. |
It's technically feasible, both for airplanes and subways. It's the social aspect that's really the most intractable. |
Many young people have told me how a boyfriend or girlfriend will grab the phone when they are not around and go through the 'Recent Call' list. Or in some cases, pry it from hands and demand they explain who that was. |