Lonely and Didn't Even Know It - The Insidious Epidemic of Loneliness

Since and because of the Covid 19 pandemic, Americans have grown more and more disconnected and isolated from one another. But this "epidemic of loneliness" has its beginnings years before that. Among other things, the wonderful tech advances that define the last several decades have brought and grown difficult and unintended consequences. These consequences are experienced on personal, local, and global scales. Our mental health, physical health, and relational health is under assault as well as the foundations of a functioning society.