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Simone Collins: Optimized Dating, Parasocial Relationships, and Societal Collapse

From the New World

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The Cost of Isolation in Japan

LZ Granderson: We can identify social trends that are having a large impact on the ability for people to form long-term relationships. LZ: But I really don't think like if someone is choosing to live as a kind of HIKI KIMORI, that that's because of these kind of economic factors,. No, no, I think that has to do with cultural institutions too. He says schools should teach students how to make friends and even dates in an effort to prevent "decivilization"

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