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Podcast: The Art of Manliness
Episode: No, There Isnโt a Loneliness Epidemic (And That May Be an Even Bigger Problem)
Description: Face-to-face socializing in America has declined by more than 20% nationwide. Among some groups, like young adults and unmarried men, the drop is closer to 40%.But strangely, this hasnโt led to the loneliness epidemic that you hear so much about. Instead, weโre seeing a new phenomenon: rising aloneness without rising loneliness.Today on the show, Derek Thompson will help us understand this puzzling disconnect and its profound implications. Derek is a staff writer at The Atlantic who recently wrote a piece entitled โThe Anti-Social Century.โ In the first half of our conversation, Derek unpacks the cult...