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Platonic Soulmates: What Happened to Our Friendships?

Many cultural critics argue that the art of friendship is in decline. The United States surgeon general has named loneliness an epidemic. People are lonelier than ever, and they don’t know what to do about it. Why is that?

Me (on the right) with my godsisters

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