The population of planet Earth is higher than it has ever been. Human beings are more closely connected, by the advent of technology, than we have ever been. Reaching different parts of the world in just a few minutes or hours is very much a reality, unlike just a few years ago. We have a front row seat to watch details of the lives of people we don’t even know through social media. And yet, as a generation, we are more lonely than we have ever been. Why is that? And what can we do about it?

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