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‘There’s a lot of silence’: have we created a new ‘Lonely Generation’?

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Learning to be one human among many has always been a little lonely and discombobulating. But young people around the world are lonelier than ever. Why?

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Society
By
Celina Ribeiro
Published
Oct 3, 2026, 7:00 PM UTC
Updated
Oct 3, 2026, 11:14 PM UTC

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