Get the Well Enough newsletter with Harry Bullmore for tips on living a healthier, happier and longer life Get the Well Enough email with Harry Bullmore Get the Well Enough email with Harry Bullmore It’s not just you. We’re talking to each other less than we did a decade ago. The number of words we speak out loud to other humans fell nearly 28 percent from 2005 to 2019, according to researchers at the University of Arizona and the University of Missouri–Kansas City. Now, we say around 300 fewer words each day, with consequences for our well-being. Smartphones and social media are partly to blame and some spoken conversations may have gone digital, perhaps to AI chatbots – but the decline has also been seen for less tech-savvy older adults. That points to a broader shift in the way we live, Matthias Mehl, a psychology professor at the University of Arizona, said in a statement. “We’ve lost a lot of small, incidental conversations: asking a cashier for help, getting directions from a stranger, chatting with …