I know he glossed it over, but I disagree with his thoughts on marriage. I believe that a healthy one can have quite the opposite effect, obviously. Now that I think about it, he probably only mentioned this side of it to reiterate his point. Still, it would have been nice to read something like "...however, a healthy marriage can disperse loneliness through the constant building up of and nourishing between said two individuals." Come to think of it.. I can't recollect anything that I've seen in popular media which puts marriage alongside a positive outlook, maybe except for a cliche shot of an elderly couple, or something like that. Please forgive my probably over-generalized statement there, it's just getting frustrating that I rarely get to see a genuine positive outlook of marriage portrayed in the media. Anyway, sorry about that little rant. I thought this article was really good at pointing out the difference between loneliness and solitude, and overall a great read!