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Re:Surgeon General says loneliness is driving US into anxiet... by epolanski on Thursday December 05, 2024 @01:15PM (#42330794)
Not just US albeit about US we have interesting data.

I've read that the average american adult went from spending 11 hours per week with friends and family few decades ago to 4+ in 2010s, and sub 3 after covid.

Loneliness is the big sickness of our modern IT times.

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Re:Surgeon General says loneliness is driving US into anxiet... by bubblic on Thursday December 05, 2024 @01:37PM (#42331060)
It is quite drastic. And the number of close friends follow a similar trend too
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