I dislike that they cut this off at 2003. On those graphs it was clearly already an upward trend. Afterall, the actual issue derives more from the 1990s. https

I dislike that they cut this off at 2003. On those graphs it was clearly already an upward trend. Afterall, the actual issue derives more from the 1990s. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowling_Alone https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowling_Alone Your thesis that the social issues are caused by the internet would become very weak; seeing as this started during the dial up era; pre smart phones, pre social media.