Are we doing nature wrong? We are facing a massive modern loneliness epidemic, and our screen time is pushing anxiety and depression to all-time highs. But social psychologists believe the cure might ...

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Loneliness is a killer, and AI offers a seductive antidote. But as the tragedies abroad remind us, the cure can sometimes be worse than the disease. Zimbabwe must tread carefully, balancing innovation ...

A piece of wisdom I find increasingly valuable was delivered in G major by storyteller and songwriter John Prine. “Hello in There” describes the aching loneliness felt by some of the oldest among us.

Earlier this year, Forbes.com released a report about concerns for many young adults who are having parasocial relationships with anthropomorphized AI. Anthropomorphized AI includes chatbots that give ...

In “Remember the Day,” a moving essay published in Tablet, Charles Curkin recounts his father’s sudden medical collapse and death, tracing a life marked by intelligence, charm, devotion, and deep love ...

Mark Zuckerberg is right that our nation is beset by an epidemic of loneliness. People of every age now too often find themselves isolated from family, with too few friends and little to keep them ...

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This post is part two of a series. In part one of this series, I spoke about loneliness in the context of a friendship — when we're lonely inside a relationship and even inside a "friendship." I ...