Americans are now spending more time alone than ever. It’s changing our personalities, our politics, and even our relationship to reality.Listen to more stories on harkThis article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here.The Bar Is ClosedA short drive from my home in North Carolina is a small Mexican restaurant, with several tables and four stools at a bar facing the kitchen. On a sweltering afternoon last summer, I walked in with my wife and daughter. The pla...