Are we becoming more lonely in today's world?

[Brettles]

Oooh philosophical debate.... awesome

To me loneliness is always increased when in a large crowd.

Put me in a room by myself reading a good book or watching TV and I am perfectly happy. No people to distract me and i can just focus on what I am doing.

Add a crowd however and suddenly the addition of a lot of people who you are not interacting with points out the fact that you are alone. What today's constant connection with the world has done is allow that crowd to always be present. There are always hundreds or thousands of people just a mouse click away which increases the feeling of loneliness exponentially.

Thankfully the cure is only a mouse click away, get online and say hi to someone, give them a smiley face and get one in return, just to let everyone know that they have someone who thinks they are awesome and worth the time.

P.S. here are smileys for everyone because you are all awesome and worth the time to talk to.