The Loneliness of the Interconnected is an essay on how the internet has made it easier for people to become isolated, while being in the midst of everything. The author, Charles Seife, proposes that humans have strong mental foundations based on opinions we form throughout our lives. As we encounter information that opposes what we think we tend to shy away from it, and figure it to be lies. The goal of his essay is to illustrate to the young adults and children of the internet age, that they should not be so close-minded on their beliefs. The author uses facts and relevant examples to demonstrate how the internet links us to an unimaginable amounts of information and people, and with these resources people tend to gravitate towards the opinions
