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The World Depends on You Throwing a Party

More connected than ever, we are also lonelier than before. The case for being a host. 

There’s a simple solution to getting off our social media islands.

There’s a simple solution to getting off our social media islands.

Illustration: Lorenzo Gritti

You should host a party. Our civilization depends on it.

If that sounds overly dramatic, know that I’m not the only one sounding the alarm that society is falling apart because we’ve forgotten how to hang out.