Americans Are Lonelier Than Ever. Why?
COVID-19 has accelerated many trends: remote work, e-commerce, the geographic reshuffling of wealth — but perhaps most concerning is its impact on loneliness.
9 min readMay 3, 2021
Americans of all ages are lonelier than ever and a return to normal life post-vaccine won’t be a panacea.
The big question isn’t why are we so lonely? — though we’ll start by answering it. It’s: How do we restructure modern life around community without sacrificing the…