You know, you have to work longer hours now to be able to make ends meet, so there's less leisure time available for you. We have a isolation and loneliness epidemic in this country. And The surgeon general under Biden talked about how [isolation and loneliness] has health consequences. You're more likely to have heart disease, dementia if you're spending more time alone. But it has practical considerations for our politics. I mean, I bet you a lot of those people who were rioting at the Capitol on January 6th were pretty lonely … (33:03–33:12)
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