we seem to have a major loneliness epidemic. most people i know are lonely, no matter how lovely their personalities
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possible causes of loneliness epidemic: - long commutes - living alone or with 1-2 friends - longer working hours (with both genders working, so there isn't one dedicated gender that is organizing social events and maintaining community ties) - decline of churches
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another possible cause of loneliness epidemic might be higher standards?? now that we have the internet, we know there are other people who share our niche interests and patterns of thinking. and that might make us notice when we are different from those around us.
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i believe
@vgr has a tweet about how you become more lonely as you get older, because you are more differentiated. the more unique you become (via personal growth) the less in common you have with others6 replies 0 retweets 15 likesShow this thread
Don’t recall a tweet but I did write a posthttps://www.ribbonfarm.com/2015/12/01/can-you-hear-me-now/ …
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