60% of U.S. adults reported that societal division is a significant source of stress in their lives, 54% said they felt isolated, left out (50%) or lack companionship (50%) often or some of the time.
I don’t see any fixes on the horizon. The internet connected us but instead of creating empathy it just exposed how much we disagree with half the country.
https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2025/11/nation-suffering-division-loneliness