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Derek Thompson
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- 1The decline of hosting: Americans stay home and stop inviting people over●Everybody’s home. No one’s coming over
Derek Thompson argues that Americans are hosting guests at home far less than in the past, a trend he calls 'the death of the American host'. He links the decline to social isolation, remote work, and shifting habits, with people staying home yet rarely inviting others over. Commenters on Hacker News are debating the claim, with many agreeing that in-person socialising has thinned out and others questioning the evidence.
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Writer Derek Thompson argues that Americans have stopped hosting each other for dinner, tracing what he calls the death of the American host. The essay, now heavily discussed online, links the decline of home entertaining to rising loneliness, shrinking social ties and the migration of social life to restaurants, screens and paid experiences rather than the dinner table.