I strongly suspect that the cause of isolation is that we don't treat our workplaces as our community anymore. My parents' community all met their spouses and

I strongly suspect that the cause of isolation is that we don't treat our workplaces as our community anymore. My parents' community all met their spouses and friends at work, whereas people of my age seem to find something unprofessional about this. And I believe that old-fashioned civic organizations like the Elks were built from a tangle of professional relationships. And realistically, where are you going to find a stronger community than among the people with whom you spend 40 hours a week?