Loneliness epidemic or efficient markets? - by ftlsid

Someone once told me that I'm a romantic person pretending to be analytical.

Someone once told me that I'm a romantic person pretending to be analytical. This made me smile, and although most of my writing does lean in the poetic direction, to satisfy my ego I have to balance the scales every so often with some cold, hard, cruel analysis. In this post I argue that loneliness is a skill issue. I meet a lot of people in the city who are quick to point out that forming deep and lasting connections is extremely challenging. They then choose a few of the following talking points: modern society encourages people to move away from their family and childhood friends,…

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