Loneliness
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Loneliness
The Lonely Chapter:
“A period in everybody’s journey where they are so different because they’ve started to do new things that they no longer fit in with that old set of friends. But they’re not sufficiently developed that they’ve gained their new set of friends.”
– Chris Williamson
A 2021 study revealed that nearly two-thirds of people surveyed believed life was better before social-media platforms, and 42 percent of Gen Z respondents said they felt addicted to social media and couldn’t stop if they tried, even though ‘depressed,’ ‘angry,’ and ‘alone’ were the most common words they associated with Facebook, while ‘missing ou... See more
Alexander Beiner • Myth and Metrics: How Social Media Robs Us of Ritual, and How to Revive It
Brian Chesky on loneliness
When hyper-individualism kicked into gear in the 1960s, people experimented with new ways of living that embraced individualistic values. Today we are crawling out from the wreckage of that hyper-individualism—which left many families detached and unsupported—and people are experimenting with more connected ways of living, with new shapes and varie... See more
theatlantic.com • David Brooks: The Nuclear Family Was a Mistake - The Atlantic
Mark Schaefer - Belonging to The Brand
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Over the course of 14 hours, we rolled up our sleeves and got our hands dirty generating creative ideas to address disconnection, loneliness, polarization, and other deep-rooted societal challenges.
Disconnection is the disease. Creativity is the cure. The creativity revolution has begun.
I spent like all of my 20s obsessed with trying to fix the loneliness problem - hosted tons of events, tried starting a company around it, etc.
Main two takeaways
1) The fact that you can stay home and basically self-medicate with content in a way that feels not-quite-bored is… Show more
“The point of books is to combat loneliness” — David Foster Wallace