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The correlation between social media usage and loneliness is hard to dispute.
Having the ability to filter our interactions and responses to things via the internet is having an effect on our entire sense of self.
Check out this video by Shimi Cohen, which illustrates just how our naturally driven need for connectedness with one another combined with technology in our pockets has led to more loneliness than we bargained for.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vg5airlnqg
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Ed: Bryonie Wise
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