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Take me back. No AI. Just good vibes and decent, affordable coffee. https://t.co/kC9S4GxqLH

— Frank Filocomo (@FilocomoFrank) Oct 25, 2026

October 24, 2026 at 10:05PM

Study: Americans Still in Need of Connection

 

By Frank Filocomo

Findings from the latest Social Connection in America™ survey don't exactly inspire much optimism. 

They more or less confirmed what we already know to be true: Americans are devoid of adequate social connection. 

According to the survey, "four in ten Americans report moderate to severe loneliness."

That's significant. And very troubling. 

And virtual connection - whether it be Zoom or FaceTime calls - doesn't cut it. 

I wrote a bit about the inferiority of virtual connection for RealClear Books & Culture last year (see here). While better than nothing, IRL human connection remains inimitable. 

Another, sadly, unsurprising finding: "57% of Americans do not belong to clubs or organizations."

I can already hear Robert Putnam, 26 years after the publication of Bowling Alone, saying "I told you so."

As I said, this survey just reinforces what we all see around us. Take the train, for instance, and you'll see the zombified masses tethered to screens. There is no effort to connect to our fellow community members. 

Work has become transactional, with little emphasis on the importance of shooting the breeze by the water cooler. 

Rather, the emphasis is on efficiency and productivity. Working on Excel sheets until your fingers feel numb and your eyes are red is productive; chatting with colleagues is not. 

What if we've become too productive? Too obsessed with work? Too preoccupied with self-improvement?

Perhaps we'd be better off if we learned to slow down. Leisure mustn't continue to be looked down upon as wasted time. 

This study, for example, finds that "doing the things you enjoy can be good for your health."

So, the jury's in: Loneliness is bad for you. Leisure is good for you. 

Americans, thus, must make an effort to slow down, embrace leisure, and reorient their mindsets away from workaholism and towards quality time with quality people. 

Perhaps this is something that Europeans understand better than we do...

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I'm no political analyst, but this seems significant https://t.co/Q7KmOkgRMY

— Frank Filocomo (@FilocomoFrank) Oct 14, 2026

October 14, 2026 at 04:41PM

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Absolutely true https://t.co/4cuDgJLEzF

— Frank Filocomo (@FilocomoFrank) Oct 13, 2026

October 13, 2026 at 02:07PM

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Amen https://t.co/8nosz7ilRk

— Frank Filocomo (@FilocomoFrank) Oct 10, 2026

October 10, 2026 at 06:34PM

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Social media platforms from X to Instagram to Facebook have become inundated with a kind of conspiratorial Jew-hatred that used to be relegated to the fringes of the web. https://t.co/SUbYrdzIEG

— Frank Filocomo (@FilocomoFrank) Oct 8, 2026

October 8, 2026 at 10:32AM

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Zoomers do not care about being called an antisemite. American Jews and Christian philosemites who throw this label around liberally make matters worse. Let low-IQ Jew Haters assume their natural role of being the old crazy man yelling at clouds. Let them be stupid.

— Frank Filocomo (@FilocomoFrank) Oct 7, 2026

October 7, 2026 at 04:23PM

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I've been saying this for a long time. https://t.co/weVXXlmjze

— Frank Filocomo (@FilocomoFrank) Oct 7, 2026

October 7, 2026 at 04:13PM

Gen Zzz

 

By Frank Filocomo

Gen Z is becoming "the nihilistic generation."

Many Zoomers - particularly Zoomer men - feel as though they'll never be able to own a home or provide for a family on one income like their parents did. 

Memes like this are all over social media:

To be sure, many of the memes that utilize this format are actually quite funny. But there's no denying that they're profoundly sad, too. They strike a nerve, an indisputable truth. 

29-year-olds in Brooklyn, where I live, are not home or landowners; they rent studio apartments they can barely afford. Some just rent rooms at $1,000/month. 

Cats have supplanted kids. Don't get me wrong, I love cats, but this is a negative development. 

Out birthrate in the U.S. is below replacement. 

What's more, it feels like the life has been sucked out of Zoomers. 

This X post is instructive:

Statistically, Gen Zs are: - reading fewer books - less sexually active - drinking less alcohol - smoking less than millennials - less likely to follow cricket - dumber than previous generations - not wasting afternoons watching ants crawl so bc wtf are they actually doing?

— microaggression (@mutton2pyaza) September 29, 2026

Sure, this anonymous X user doesn't bother backing up any of these claims, but the general thesis is accurate. That is, Gen Z is "Generation House Cat."  

Generation House Cat doesn't drink, have sex, participate in social events, or read.

They prefer comfort. And, don't get me wrong, I get the appeal. 

Comfort, however, isn't conducive to human growth. On the contrary, it stunts growth. 

But how do Zoomers snap out of this fog?

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Conservatism has never been about maximizing efficiency at all costs. Libertarianism and pro-data center/AI sentiment must be divorced from the movement. We are about people, full stop.

— Frank Filocomo (@FilocomoFrank) Sep 27, 2026

September 27, 2026 at 01:42PM

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Don't speak your truth; Speak THE truth!

— Frank Filocomo (@FilocomoFrank) Sep 26, 2026

September 26, 2026 at 03:30PM