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All of those things were true thirty years ago (car-centric society, inequality, etc.) and yet loneliness wasn't as bad. I think technology is almost certainly

All of those things were true thirty years ago (car-centric society, inequality, etc.) and yet loneliness wasn't as bad. I think technology is almost certainly more to blame here. Endless online entertainment, social media, dating apps, etc. have all erased in-person social lives.

Herring 1y ago
Lots of Western European countries have phones too. It took time to get where we are, eg for rents/mortgages/college to outpace wages enough to seriously impact work-life balance.
mrtesthah 1y ago
The essay “Bowling Alone: America's Declining Social Capital” which touched on many of the GP poster’s points, came out in 1995. This has been happening for a long time. The pandemic just made it a lot worse.
HPsquared 1y ago
If anything, I'd say young people drive less than previous generations.