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If Eleanor Rigby were to be written today, the eponymous heroine might have been a social media user somewhere between 16 and 24. According to the BBC Loneliness Experiment, this is the loneliest and most anxious demographic in the UK, supplanting even the elderly, a finding that has earned them the unwanted epithet of ‘the lonely generation’. Under the guise of self-sufficiency, we are growing more and more dependent on the net to fulfil our daily needs. On an average, we are now spending a quarter of our lives online, and this has conversely left us with little time and inclination to reflect on or nurture our offline relationships. Alongside, it has intrinsically redefined our collective attitudes to life and how we choose to express ourselves, both online and offline.
This story is from the August - September 2019 edition of Verve.
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