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style='width:100.0%'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=630 style='width:472.5pt;border-radius:0'><tr><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;padding:30.0pt 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;word-break:break-word'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 30.0pt 0in'><div><div><p style='margin:0in;line-height:20.25pt'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#21272C'>Dear Reader,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;line-height:15.75pt'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#21272C'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;line-height:20.25pt'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#21272C'>Americans are alone. Historically, unprecedentedly alone. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;line-height:15.75pt'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#21272C'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;line-height:20.25pt'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#21272C'>Going back decades in official government data, I could find no period in U.S. history when the typical teenager or adult has ever spent <em>less</em> time with other people than they do today. This surge in solitude isn’t just altering the way we spend our time. It’s reshaping the economy, changing our personalities, and darkening our politics.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;line-height:15.75pt'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#21272C'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;line-height:20.25pt'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#21272C'>As I spent more time reporting, I realized that this phenomenon required a name. We needed a way to see how 21st-century aloneness had affected nearly every aspect of modern life. I decided to call it “<a href="https://link.theatlantic.com/click/38159612.132644/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhlYXRsYW50aWMuY29tL21hZ2F6aW5lL2FyY2hpdmUvMjAyNS8wMi9hbWVyaWNhbi1sb25lbGluZXNzLXBlcnNvbmFsaXR5LXBvbGl0aWNzLzY4MTA5MS8_dXRtX21lZGl1bT1jciZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWVtYWls/6644d1ec6cb3b109b307bef9B95348c2c"><span style='color:#21272C'>the anti-social century</span></a>,” and it is the subject of my new cover story in <em>The Atlantic</em>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;line-height:15.75pt'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#21272C'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;line-height:20.25pt'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#21272C'>Before we go on, let me say something nice about introversion and being alone. I <em>am</em> an introvert. I often <em>love</em> being alone. As the father of a rambunctious infant, I know all too well how sacred and essential a moment of quiet can be.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;line-height:15.75pt'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#21272C'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;line-height:20.25pt'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#21272C'>But there is a difference between a moment’s quiet and a decade-over-decade plunge in socialization. From the 1960s to the 1990s, Americans became less likely to hang out, join clubs, and invite friends over for dinner. Then came the real crash. In the past 25 years, face-to-face socialization has collapsed for every age, ethnicity, and demographic. The pandemic did not create these trends, but it did exacerbate many of them.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;line-height:15.75pt'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#21272C'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;line-height:20.25pt'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#21272C'>The erosion of companionship has created odd and depressing distortions in American life: <o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#21272C;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:20.25pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Men who watch TV now spend seven hours in front of the tube for every hour they spend with somebody outside their home. </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#21272C;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:20.25pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>The typical female pet owner spends more time caring for her pet than she spends in face-to-face contact with friends of her own species. </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#21272C;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:20.25pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Today’s teenagers have fewer friends than previous generations, and they spend one out of every three minutes of waking life staring at a screen.</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul></div></div></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=630 style='width:472.5pt;border-radius:0'><tr><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;padding:0in 15.0pt 30.0pt 15.0pt'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><img border=0 width=171 height=42 style='width:1.7812in;height:.4375in' id="_x0000_i1028" src="cid:image003.png@01DB6424.FD39B760" alt="Subscribe to Read "><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;word-break:break-word'><tr><td style='padding:30.0pt 0in 30.0pt 0in'><div><div><p style='margin:0in;line-height:20.25pt'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#21272C'>My story visits some dark corners of American life. I consider the way that excessive alone time might be a major force behind the rise in anxiety, our deep political divisions, and our unhappiness. I report from the frontier of “AI companions,” which already have tens of millions of users, and think about how the age of artificial intelligence could deepen our retreat from the physical world.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;line-height:15.75pt'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#21272C'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;line-height:20.25pt'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#21272C'>But my story ends with hope. If excessive solitude is bad for us, then at least this is a malady with a known, effective, and affordable cure: hanging out. One study by researchers at the University of Chicago concluded that many people “mistakenly seek” too much solitude for themselves. We withdraw from much social exchange out of anxiety or fear, when in fact even self-described introverts are often happier when they are forced to behave <em>just a little bit more</em> like extroverts. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;line-height:15.75pt'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#21272C'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;line-height:20.25pt'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#21272C'>We seem to live in an age of tremendous fear, anxiety, and reclusion. I believe a happier life is possible. But I believe that happier life will require that we take a risk, leave our homes, and spend more time with other people. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;line-height:15.75pt'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#21272C'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;line-height:20.25pt'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#21272C'>If you’d like to read the story, and support this reporting, I hope you’ll <a href="https://link.theatlantic.com/click/38159612.132644/aHR0cHM6Ly9hY2NvdW50cy50aGVhdGxhbnRpYy5jb20vcHJvZHVjdHMvP3V0bV9tZWRpdW09Y3ImdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1lbWFpbA/6644d1ec6cb3b109b307bef9Fb393f4f5"><span style='color:#21272C'>become a subscriber</span></a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;line-height:15.75pt'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#21272C'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;line-height:20.25pt'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times 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href="https://link.theatlantic.com/click/38159612.132644/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhlYXRsYW50aWMuY29tL21hZ2F6aW5lL2FyY2hpdmUvMjAyNS8wMi9hbWVyaWNhbi1sb25lbGluZXNzLXBlcnNvbmFsaXR5LXBvbGl0aWNzLzY4MTA5MS8_dXRtX21lZGl1bT1jciZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWVtYWls/6644d1ec6cb3b109b307bef9D95348c2c" target="_blank"><span style='color:#21272C;text-decoration:none'>The Anti-Social Century</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#21272C'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p style='line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Courier;color:#5E6A74;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:.5pt'>By Derek Thompson<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;display:none'><o:p> 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It’s changing our personalities, our politics, and even our relationship to reality.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p style='line-height:15.75pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Courier'><a href="https://link.theatlantic.com/click/38159612.132644/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhlYXRsYW50aWMuY29tL21hZ2F6aW5lL2FyY2hpdmUvMjAyNS8wMi9hbWVyaWNhbi1sb25lbGluZXNzLXBlcnNvbmFsaXR5LXBvbGl0aWNzLzY4MTA5MS8_dXRtX21lZGl1bT1jciZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWVtYWls/6644d1ec6cb3b109b307bef9E95348c2c"><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none'>Read the full story</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:white'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=630 style='width:472.5pt;background:white'><tr><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td style='padding:30.0pt 15.0pt 7.5pt 15.0pt'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td style='border:none;border-top:solid #BBBBBB 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-line-height-alt:.75pt'><span style='font-size:1.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span><span style='font-size:1.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=630 style='width:472.5pt;border-radius:0'><tr><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;padding:3.75pt 15.0pt 3.75pt 15.0pt'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td width="100%" style='width:100.0%;padding:0in 0in 15.0pt 0in'><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-line-height-alt:7.5pt'><img border=0 width=147 height=23 style='width:1.5312in;height:.2395in' id="_x0000_i1025" src="https://media.sailthru.com/composer/images/sailthru-prod-6om/Vector.png"><o:p></o:p></p></div></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;word-break:break-word'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div><div><p style='margin:0in;line-height:15.75pt'><em><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#5E6A74'>The Atlantic</span></em><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#5E6A74'> is published monthly.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;line-height:15.75pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#5E6A74'><br>Download the<em><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> Atlantic</span></em> app for <a href="https://link.theatlantic.com/click/38159612.132644/aHR0cHM6Ly9wbGF5Lmdvb2dsZS5jb20vc3RvcmUvYXBwcy9kZXRhaWxzP2lkPWNvbS50aGVhdGxhbnRpYy5uZXdzc3RhbmQmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1jciZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWVtYWls/6644d1ec6cb3b109b307bef9Bdfa2766e" target="_blank"><span style='color:#5E6A74'>Android</span></a> and <a href="https://link.theatlantic.com/click/38159612.132644/aHR0cHM6Ly9hcHBzLmFwcGxlLmNvbS91cy9hcHAvdGhlLWF0bGFudGljLW1hZ2F6aW5lL2lkMzk3NTk5ODk0P3V0bV9tZWRpdW09Y3ImdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1lbWFpbA/6644d1ec6cb3b109b307bef9Bfe7f68b9" target="_blank"><span style='color:#5E6A74'>iOS</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;line-height:15.75pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#5E6A74'><br>Responses to this email are not monitored. 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