We have more media than ever and more technology in our lives. It's supposed to help us communicate but it has the opposite effect of isolating us.
People don't really understand but having people stare and point and take pictures even if it is in a positive framework is quite isolating there's no two ways about it. You feel a little bit you know freakish.
I think it's easy for people to assume that fame is equal to glory but it can be a very isolating experience.
Part of our western outlook stems from the scientific attitude and its method of isolating the parts of a phenomenon in order to analyze them.