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  "note": "These numbers continue to trend down, and none of this seems like it can be good for us.\n\n> By 2019, the average American was spending only four hours per week with friends (a sharp, 37 percent decline from five years before). Social media, political polarization and new technologies all played a role in the drop. (It is notable that market penetration for smartphones crossed 50 percent in 2014.)\n\nI was a little shocked to see that none of this now unused time is going to those we love either.\n\n> On average, Americans did not transfer that lost time to spouses, partners or children. Instead, they chose to be alone.\n\nWe humans have a profound need to connect with others, which I totally think is a fact. We are also so anxious and avoidant of that need that it seems that little glowing piece of glass can overrid that fundamental need entirely. Related reading, [Bowling Alone](http://bowlingalone.com).",
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