Introducing Loneliness And

Join me as I examin how loneliness intersects with other forces that shape our world.

Loneliness has become one of the defining challenges of our time. We already know how the loneliness crisis is degrading our mental and physical health, weakening our communities and leaving far too many of us feeling anxious, depressed, and powerless.

But that’s just the beginning. Almost every crisis that the world is facing today: from income inequality to climate change to rising authoritarianism, can be viewed through the lens of loneliness. If we can understand why we are disconnected and the paths we can take away from disconnection, then many of our world’s most complex problems can come into focus. A lack of relationships makes almost any complex challenge worse, and the right relationships can provide a way forward even when the path is unclear.

This Substack will explore the rich territory at the intersection of loneliness and everything else. We’ll examine how understanding loneliness can reshape the stories we tell about AI, and how mapping paths out of loneliness has the power to create new conceptions of masculinity. Join me as I explore how the crisis of disconnection is intimately connected to the forces shaping our world.

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