We picture loneliness as an old person's burden, yet a global 2023 survey found this may not be the case: across 142 countries, adults aged 19 to 29 reported the most loneliness of any age group, more than a quarter of them

There is a mental image most of us reach for without thinking. Loneliness looks like an elderly person in a quiet house, the phone that rarely rings, the empty chair across the table. It is the pic...