Loneliness

August 2024

• Aug 26, 2024ExplainersWhy Loneliness Is Deadly: The Biology of Social IsolationLoneliness is a public health crisis. Chronic social isolation increases mortality risk equivalent to smoking 15 cigarettes a day.17 MIN1.7k

March 2024

• Mar 29, 2024CultureWhy Loneliness Is a Public Health CrisisLoneliness now kills as surely as smoking. Explore the science of social disconnection, from Julianne Holt-Lunstad's landmark mortality research to...17 MIN3.2k

February 2024

• Feb 26, 2024ConceptsThe Importance of Belonging in Human PsychologyThe science of belonging: Roy Baumeister and Mark Leary's fundamental need to belong hypothesis, Naomi Eisenberger's fMRI social pain research,...18 MIN2.3k

October 2023

• Oct 5, 2023ConceptsThe Serious Effects of Loneliness on HealthLoneliness is as deadly as smoking 15 cigarettes a day. John Cacioppo's research explains how social isolation changes the brain, inflames the...19 MIN4.3k

July 2023

• Jul 10, 2023CultureExploring the Global Loneliness CrisisA deep dive into the global loneliness crisis: what the science says, why social media makes it worse, and what actually works to rebuild human...13 MIN5.6k