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Is the internet causing 'a new kind of loneliness'?
"We're evolving a new kind of loneliness: one that provides the illusion of infinite company." Lionel Shriver fears that our increased dependence on online communication can damage our real-life relationships. Do you agree?
Lionel Shriver joins her fellow writer Sara Maitland and medievalist John-Henry Clay to contemplate the many sides of solitude in a Free Thinking Festival discussion chaired by Rana Mitter. To hear more, click through to the episode.
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