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The loneliness epidemic

2023-01-25

One third of Gen Z and Millenials consider themselves lonely or extremely lonely. For men, this figure rises to 41%.

This comes via Dan Frommer at the New Consumer. I think this is an underrated problem that our society doesn’t really prepare people for. We talk about having good eating or financial habits, but almost never about having good social habits.

Somewhat related: my thoughts from reading Bowling Alone.