Oscar Wilde, on bad reply game:
"A bore is someone who deprives you of solitude without providing you with company."
Visakan Veerasamyx.comOscar Wilde, on bad reply game: "A bore is someone who deprives you of solitude without providing you with company."
Loneliness isn’t the physical absence of other people, he said—it’s the sense that you’re not sharing anything that matters with anyone else.
Johann Hari • Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression – and the Unexpected Solutions
Intellectual loneliness is a challenge that many people feel, but nobody talks about. It’s built on a paradox where you feel alive when you’re learning on the Internet but soul-crushed when you try to talk about those same ideas with friends and family.
David Perell • Intellectual Loneliness
The best cure for loneliness is not more frequent interaction. It's more meaningful interaction.
Many people enjoy solitude. They can spend up to ~75% of their time alone without feeling isolated.
What matters most for well-being is the quality of connections, not the quantity. https://t.co/PdWDCyyTJq