Ali Mattu, Ph.D. @alimattu.bsky.social · 18/02/2026Someone is getting rich from your loneliness. I've spent 16 years obsessed with this problem. As a psychologist. On YouTube. At a startup.And I keep arriving at the same conclusion: The problem isn't our phones. The problem is how wildly profitable the loneliness economy is. 🧵 100
Ali Mattu, Ph.D. @alimattu.bsky.social · 18/02/2026This didn't start with Instagram. The automobile, the suburb, the TV, each one promised more access to people. Each one did the opposite. They slowly dismantled the spaces where communities naturally came together. 100