This is a very important remark: people are more and more desperate for social connections. Various studies show that, in western society, people spend less and less time interacting with friends and family in real life. They get out less, invite their friends less, sometimes dramatically less within a few years. Clubs and associations report having less active members and find it increasingly difficult to find volunteers to run their activities (more so in Europe than in the USA, I think). I should research the details, but I have read studies which paint a worrying panorama of increasingly estranged individuals.
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