Choices that create isolation

Excerpt: '"In The Atlantic’s latest cover story, my colleague Derek Thompson explores how Americans turned anti-social. Many young people are actively choosing the solitary life, spending time at home in front of screens instead of out with other people, he explains. In a conversation with my colleague Lora Kelley, he noted that this sort of isolation is the result of choices that add up:

“The anti-social century is about accretion,” he said. “It’s about many small decisions that we make minute to minute and hour to hour in our life, leading to a massive national trend of steadily rising overall aloneness.”

Those choices might seem minor, but they matter: To call a friend, or scroll on Instagram? To go to church, the weekly soccer game, or book club—or sleep in and scroll again?

Today’s newsletter rounds up stories on the activities that bring us together, and the ones that keep us apart."'