Synthetic Intimacy

Why Connection Feels Easier Than Ever and Lonelier Than Before

Connection has never been more available or less nourishing. On the strange arithmetic of modern closeness, where every barrier to reaching someone has fallen and loneliness has risen anyway.

By Jonah Mercer

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