Loneliness, an issue all too prevalent in America, is as harmful to people’s health and lifespan as smoking, high blood pressure, and obesity, according to psychiatrist Robert Waldinger. “Loneliness ...

Every summer, I cross the Atlantic—sometimes with students, sometimes for conferences, always to see family. In sunlit plazas and narrow alleyways, in cafés and parks, I’m reminded how human existence ...

In the 2013 film Her, Theodore Twombly (Joaquin Phoenix) is a lonely, introverted writer living in Los Angeles. Reeling from an impending divorce from his childhood sweetheart, he purchases an ...

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Stories abound of people falling in love or developing friendship with a chatbot. But that doesn’t actually solve the ...

When states fail to integrate people into society, the world becomes less safe. Extensive research has shown that social ...

Over the last decade, we have been perfecting the algorithms of convenience, and in doing so we have inadvertently moved away from the frequent human interactions that sustain our communities and our ...

A 35-table-long community potluck at The Underline kicked off 10 Days of Connection Miami came together on May 1 as The Longest Table made its first public debut in the […] The post MIAMI HOSTED ITS ...

A major new report from Logos Scotland is urging Scotland to rethink loneliness not simply as a mental health issue, but as a ...