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Block social media, people would look up from their cell phones.

People were walking around looking at their cellphones before smartphones or social media took off. They were sending SMS messages. Or playing snake in monochrome. Or would you ban SMS as well? What about phone calls?

Block map sites, people would ask others for directions.

Chronically lonely people aren't going to get any meaningful fix asking strangers for directions.

Block movie streaming sites and people would get to the cinema more often.

Again, if you are lonely and have no friends, going to the cinema is just being in a room full of strangers. People go with their own groups. It's probably more alienating than just chilling out at home because it emphasizes your loneliness.




[insert vintage photograph of people riding the train, all with their nose buried in the daily paper or in a book]




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