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Robot Pets: Holograms and the Future of Loneliness

Century Lives by Ken Stern

May 13, 202635:36Science & Medicine

New research indicates that loneliness is again on the rise. And people over 60 are spending more time online and with their own personal devices. But if technology pulled us apart - can it also put us back together? Tod...

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