> Estimates on the count of close friendships, amount of acquaintances, dating, sexual activity, etc - all falling. Personally I would blame this on smartphone

> Estimates on the count of close friendships, amount of acquaintances, dating, sexual activity, etc - all falling. Personally I would blame this on smartphones and/or apps, not the people. There's a lot of people who report finding these things addictive, and Meta's getting sued right now by people who have shown that Meta knew the users were upset about being addicted to the platform: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48817682 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48817682