both for millennials and Gen Z,

and just frankly, employees in general,

one of the biggest conflicts and crises

that is emerging is the loneliness epidemic,

is people finding this disconnection,

not just when they're a young person growing up

or in elementary school or high school or college,

but in adulthood, and started writing a little bit

about my own experience with loneliness.

As someone who's a pretty extroverted person,

my nickname is Smiley, I obviously love people,

I'm very socially engaged,

and I'm like, if I'm feeling lonely as Smiley,

as someone who meets people as a job,

then other people probably are too,

and you start to look at the data,

and you're like, oh yes, I'm not alone, right?

Nearly two-thirds of Americans are lonely.

70% of millennials, 80% of Gen Z,

the average American hasn't made a new friend

in the last five years.

Many people have zero friends at work, zero,

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