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A Practical Guide to Beating Isolation and Becoming a Connected Person

Benjamin Sledge
Better Humans
Published in
9 min readApr 12, 2017

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Since 1985, the number of Americans with no close friends has tripled. If this is you, or close to you, get ready for a solution.

“I’m the cat guy. Only I don’t live in Mom’s basement.”

The strip of fog I’ve wiped from the mirror reveals my cat staring quizzically at me in the hallway. She is Wilson the Volleyball. The…

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