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A paradox: People are more connected now than ever — through phones, social media, Zoom and such — yet loneliness continues to rise. Among the most digitally connected, teenagers and young adults, loneliness nearly doubled in prevalence between 2012 and 2018, coinciding with the explosion in social media use.AdvertisementContinue reading the main s
... See morenytimes.com • How Loneliness Is Damaging Our Health
So how is it that we have entered into our most digitally connected age ever yet loneliness is at an all-time high?
A few things come to mind:
A few things come to mind:
- The new ways we connect lack depth
- We face information overload from too many people we don't care much about
- We move locations and jobs more often
- Information is decentralized: we go to technology for a
What the Loneliness Epidemic Says About the Way We Connect
Existential ideas and attitudes have embedded themselves so deeply into modern culture that we hardly think of them as existentialist at all. People (at least in relatively prosperous countries where more urgent needs don’t intervene) talk about anxiety, dishonesty and the fear of commitment. They worry about being in bad faith, even if they don’t
... See moreJames K. A. Smith • On the Road with Saint Augustine: A Real-World Spirituality for Restless Hearts
