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Drinking Alone (and its Discontents)

Robert Putnam’s 2000 best-selling book Bowling Alone painted a dark picture of modern society. Putnam saw Americans as less and less connected to social institutions and to each other. The stark image of the lone bowler is difficult to forget. A quarter century later, the image still seems relevant, especially since the world has been […]

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