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They Call Us Lonely

Are we more or less alone now that we hold “the world” in our hands? Do we seek out empty places so that the real world doesn’t interfere with our experiencing the virtual world? Maybe in the 1980s Aztec Camera could remark, “They call us lonely when we’re really just alone,” but today I worry that we are both alone and lonely.

Urban #230421. A woman alone on a darkened subway platform staring at her phone.
Urban #230421