Loneliness
by John T. Cacioppo · first published 2008
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Ever felt the need for social connection? This book dives into the history for human social connection and why we are deprived of it in today's modern world. Although this book is not a cure for anything you might be going through, it helps you get a new perspective towards your life and how to revitalize your social needs.
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…reading list. Judging by what I see on amazon.com, Storr analyzes the life of some famous people that apparently managed to be happy through work despite 'inferior relationships'. The one I've read is 'Loneliness: Human Nature and the Need for Social Connection' by John T. Cacioppo and William Patrick. It quotes a lot of studies that statistically link feeling disconnected with all sorts of things you want to…
on “Ask HN: How do you deal with alienation?” ↗…gives some insight into how humans are apt to respond and adapt in the face of climate change (the first generation or two is not pretty, but new institutions, attitudes and adaptations do come along.) Loneliness (http://www.amazon.com/Loneliness-Human-Nature-Social-Connect...) Recent science on the effects of social connection and the lack thereof, by one of the premier researchers in the field. Highly recommended…
on “Ask HN: Which book are you reading these days?” ↗A book on this interesting subject: Loneliness: Human Nature and the Need for Social Connection by John T. Cacioppo and William Patrick.
on “Lonely people's brains are different due to excess of imaginary social contact” ↗…completely crazy. Since it is semi-autobiographic, the characters are much more alive than in anything else I read from Philipp K. Dick. And if you want to know why Howard Roark has a low life expectancy: Loneliness, human nature and the need for social connection, by John T Cacioppo and William Patrick. This is non-fiction.
on “Ask HN: What to read during the holidays?” ↗FYI, see Loneliness: Human Nature and the Need for Social Connection by John Cacioppo and William Patrick to understand the relevant Science.
on “Ask HN: I'm So Lonely” ↗…when chatGPT was around version 2 or 3, i had extracted almost 2 pages (without any alteration from the original) with questions that considered the author from this book here, https://www.amazon.com/Loneliness-Human-Nature-Social-Connec... now it's up to you to think this is okay... but i bet you are no author
on “Meta torrented & seeded 81.7 TB dataset containing copyrighted data” ↗Loneliness, it turns out, is as bad for your health as smoking, or being obese. The research that Prof. Cacioppo has done with colleagues also adds to the growing body of work that shows how bad loneliness can be…
on “Life of solitude: A loneliness crisis is looming” ↗Some data from an interview with Prof. John Cacioppo, the director of the University of Chicago’s Center for Cognitive and Social Neuroscience and author of Loneliness: Human Nature and the Need for Social Connection (W. W. Norton & Co., 2009) http://fortune.com/2016/06/22/loneliness-is-a-modern-day-epi... "I’ve seen studies that suggest the percentage of Americans…
on “Who Americans spend their time with” ↗…physical health risk among gay men who conceal their homosexual identity." Health Psychology 15.4 (1996): 243. http://cancer-network.org/media/pdf/cancer_gay_men_disclosur... >While Cole discovered that loneliness could hasten death in sick people, Cacioppo showed that it could make well people sick—and through the same method: by putting the body in fight-or-flight mode. Cacioppo, John T., et al. "Loneliness…
on “The Lethality of Loneliness: How it can ravage our body and brain (2013)” ↗What works for you does not work for everyone and vice versa. From the paper: >> Loneliness is often not problematic, with almost everyone experiencing loneliness from time to time (Cacioppo and Cacioppo 2018). Yet some people are not successful at alleviating loneliness, leading to a state…
on “AI Companions Reduce Loneliness” ↗