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⬤ CRITICAL 31 Aug 2026, 16:04 UTC

Welcome to the September issue of The Highlight

A fledgling “loneliness economy” is booming on the back of warnings about just how bad loneliness can be for us — “comparable to smoking up to 15 cigarettes a day,” as one often-cited comparison puts it. But can we really spend our way out of loneliness? In this month’s Highlight cover story, Allie Volpe breaks […]
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