3. Even prior to the pandemic, more and more people were choosing to be single - and this bothers some people. Have a read through this article:https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/living-single/201810/the-rise-single-people-why-some-find-it-scary and be sure to have a look at some of the articles hyperlinked in it. The author's thesis is that single people are, ironically, more likely to be less lonely since they make more of an effort to involve themselves in social activities. At the same time, some social scientists are warning about the general decline in social intercourse: the author of Bowling Alone in America(you can read a quick summary on the book's Wikipedia page:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowling_Alone) argues that we, as a society, are becoming less interested in being with other people, and this will have a serious consequences. Do you agree? Are we becoming more of a society of singletons - and is that really a problem? Are people learning to cope better on their own due to the pandemic?