CBS news recently reprinted a quotation from Hillary Clinton’s discussion with reporters after jokingly challenging Barack Obama to a ‘bowl off.’ Clinton references Robert Putnam’s work on ‘bowling alone’ as a way of expressing our highly isolated social interactions.

“Bowling alone you know, this is a big sociological phenomenon, bowling alone is a sign of our times, we could bring it back we could like transform the entire society. People would start joining leagues again they would feel a sense of community a sense of togetherness, exactly, bowling alleys everywhere on every corner, people setting pins again. End the automation, get the pin boy, there is no telling what could happen!”