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Spencer Cox: “There were more Americans bowling than ever before, but…”

Featuring: Spencer Cox, Republican | Governor of Utah

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A Common Ground Forum with Governors Spencer Cox and Michelle Lujan Grisham

Published | Video Starts at 10:42

But I'm going to take you back to a book that was written over 20 years ago. A professor at Harvard University wrote a book called Bowling Alone, and he was doing some research, and he found that There were more Americans bowling than ever before, but there were fewer bowling leagues than ever before. Now you're wondering, what does this have to do with bowling? Well, we. What he discovered was there was a loneliness epidemic starting in our country. (10:42–10:50)

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Asserts a decline in communal activities despite increased individual participation.

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