Troubling new data confirms that the social landscape ain't what it used to be. Both men and women have lost friends since the '90s, but the loneliest and most isolated people are mostly male. What's causing this decline, despite an era of Internet-enabled interconnectivity? And what are both sexes missing out on when men can't make friends so easily?

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