Fifteen years ago, Robert Putnam, a Peter and Isabel Malkin professor of public policy at Harvard University, coined the term "bowling alone” in an essay of the same title. The term spotlighted an alarming trend: Society was rapidly growing apart. Americans were withdrawing from their communities. Instead of having friends, people watched "Friends” on TV. The family dinner was an endangered tradition. Fewer people attended public meetings, and instead of bowling in leagues, people were bowling alone.

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