This isn’t a very useful discussion without reference to displacement, geographically and socially. When we compare our atomized society to others and note the

This isn’t a very useful discussion without reference to displacement, geographically and socially. When we compare our atomized society to others and note the contrast, rarely to we correctly pinpoint the cause of the atomization. It’s very obvious, displacement and cultural change are the root cause. Humans benefit from homeostasis. If they have homeostasis they will optimize culture for human needs and the common good. Disruption to that homeostasis brings a number of ills, isolation being just one of many.