Triptych

Phoneless, Carless, Friendless

An essay trio by Clare Coffey on living under lonelytech when you can’t beat the system

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App life has freed us from the kindness of strangers. Is it any wonder we feel so alone?

Contrary to the myth of the open road, in real adulthood we go somewhere and get there slow.

Fighting the system may take a while. Why not go to a bar?

Header image: “Philly Girls 1986,” copyright Roy N. Weiner, 1986. Used by permission.