NOREENA HERTZ

According to historian Fay Bound Alberti, modern loneliness is the child of capitalism and secularism.
Many of the divisions and hierarchies that have developed since the 18th century (between the individual and the world, individual and community, public and private) have been naturalized ...

Among the theories on why there is more loneliness today is more time online and less time in front of people. 

However, levels of in-person interactions, physical and mental wellness and life balance are more likely to predict loneliness than social media usage.

• Scientific literature has linked loneliness to depression, anxiety, alcoholism, and drug abuse.
• Loneliness makes you more likely to fall ill by suppressing healthy immune function.
• Biochemical changes from loneliness an accelerate cancer, heart disease, and Alzheimer's.