> This includes introverts and extroverts, rich and poor, and younger and older Americans. Sometimes loneliness is set off by the loss of a loved one or a job, a move to a new city, or health or financial difficulties — or a once-in-a-century pandemic.
This trend predates the pandemic and it's interesting what contributing factors he decides to omit.
> First, we must strengthen social infrastructure — the programs, policies, and structures that aid the development of healthy relationships. That means supporting school-based programs that teach children about building healthy relationships, workplace design that fosters social connection, and community programs that bring people together.
"These are already ubiquitous" - I am curious what lens this is seen from.
For example when I lived in a NoVa / DC suburb, I felt that these boxes were well checked, and even more so for people who dove into the various church programs available in the area.
Since I started traveling the USA more and getting to know the people better, I am finding more and more that most of the country is nothing like the area I had grown accustomed to, and so many things I had assumed were ubiquitous here are not at all.
In different areas it appears to be different things / different reasons that create barriers or moats around these things imho.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20116699
This trend predates the pandemic and it's interesting what contributing factors he decides to omit.
> First, we must strengthen social infrastructure — the programs, policies, and structures that aid the development of healthy relationships. That means supporting school-based programs that teach children about building healthy relationships, workplace design that fosters social connection, and community programs that bring people together.
These are already ubiquitous.