Choosing The Sugar Over The Sustenance
Why you are lonely and why social media cannot help you
A common critique of modern society is that we are atomized individuals spending too much time doom scrolling on smartphones and binge-watching television shows. We are less likely to have close friends and less likely to be involved in our local communities.
We are lonely.
The theories from a 19th-century sociologist can help us understand why we are so …
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