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The problem with modern solitude is the negative and extremist nature of the content being consumed.
Their wordsThe problem is not that we're alone a few more hours a week than we used to be; it's that for hours and hours a day, whether we have vibrant social lives or not, we are subject to an unending stream of negativity and extremism.
Their wordsBut interventions that seek to increase socialization without changing how much bleak social media content we consume are unlikely to do very much about our broader dysfunctions.
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