America 24 Jun 2006 07:19 am
Why is this?
In an interesting story in SFGate today, a study has apparently found that people in the US are more isolated from each other than ever before:
Americans are far more isolated today than they were two decades ago, and a sharply growing number of people say they have no one in whom they can confide, according to a comprehensive study of the decline of social ties in the United States.
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The study, funded by the National Science Foundation, paints a sobering picture of an increasingly fragmented America, where intimate social ties — once seen as an integral part of daily life and associated with a host of psychological and civic benefits — are shrinking or nonexistent. In bad times, far more people appear to suffer alone.
Communities are fragmenting, and we’re not connecting with each other. This, inevitably will have long-lasting social repercussions. It would be interesting to see how this differs by generations. And, for me, the question arises, how can progressive communities of all faiths help with this?
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