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How isolation changes our capacity for genuine human connection

Since the pandemic I work from home and the only people I talk to face-to-face are cashiers and baristas and I can feel myself forgetting how to have real conversations.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Extended isolation can atrophy our social skills, making us strangers to the very connections we crave most.

Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Third places — bars libraries parks barbershops?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.