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  "id": 492931,
  "title": "Loneliness before the Digital Age: How Ancient Rome invented the architecture of alienation",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/loneliness-before-the-digital-age-how-ancient-rome-invented-the",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-10T17:32:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Haaretz",
    "slug": "haaretz",
    "url": "https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2026-08-10/ty-article-magazine/loneliness-before-reddit-ancient-rome-invented-the-architecture-of-alienation/0000019f-eb75-d106-a7ff-fbf5f77a0000"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Before social media, there was ancient Rome, where building to separate created the first metropolis of loneliness",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}