The lonely generation

A fascinating article about how increasingly isolated people are in modern society. (It reminds me of the discussions about isolation and community we had over at my other site). An excerpt:

The bottom line: "The number of people who have someone to talk to about matters that are important to them has declined dramatically...we have gone from a quarter of the American population being isolated...to almost half of the populations falling into that category."

Stop and think about that for a second. Almost half the people around you have at most one person they feel they can talk to about what is most important to them.

Read the rest here.


via The Anchoress