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Why Americans suddenly stopped hanging out

16 mins | Mar 3, 2024

"There is no statistical record of any other period in U.S. history when people have spent more time on their own,". Derek Thompson reflects on why too much aloneness is creating a crisis of social fitness in America. Read by Sean Crisden.

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