On one hand, I enjoy being around new and familiar people when the context is supposed to be social, like a meetup or a bar. On the other hand, I hate being fo

On one hand, I enjoy being around new and familiar people when the context is supposed to be social, like a meetup or a bar. On the other hand, I hate being forced to be social in non-social situations or when I want to be left alone, like in an airplane or at a restaurant (I really enjoy eating by myself; always have). I wonder if "being lonelier" these days means people are on their phones being in their zone when they want to be left alone instead of being forced to strike up small-talk, which makes me wonder whether people have always wanted this privacy but the technology wasn't available.