Connection & Belonging Loneliness isn’t only a feeling. Sometimes it’s poured in concrete. We tend to think of loneliness as something that happens inside us — a matter of psychology, choice, or circumstance. But a great deal of our disconnection is built into the physical world we move through every day, designed in by decisions … Read more
Connection & Belonging The casual contacts we underrate may matter more than the close friends we cherish. Ask anyone to name the relationships that matter, and they will list the inner circle: family, best friends, a partner. Almost no one mentions the barista, the dog-park acquaintance, the former colleague, the neighbor two doors down whose … Read more
Connection & Belonging We are more reachable than any humans in history — and, by many measures, lonelier than most. We carry in our pockets a device that can reach almost anyone on earth in seconds, and yet a great many of us go to bed feeling that no one would really notice if we … Read more