Lonely? There’s an app for that… but should there be?

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Can new tech startups solve loneliness? Malte Mueller/Getty Images

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We’re back with “All the Lonely People,” a series diving deep into how loneliness shows up in our lives.

This week: can tech cure our loneliness? Companies like Meeno (an AI relationship coaching app), Peoplehood (a platform that organizes guided group conversations), Timeleft (an app which matches strangers for dinner), and Bumble for Friends all say they want to help people make more and better connections. But do we need tech solutions to what may partially be a tech

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