loneliness
As traditional family-based communities fracture, robot companions are becoming much more common.
“You can feel lonely even if you’re one of eight million people living in a city like New York.”
“Part of the reason people don’t talk about their loneliness is that they feel they will be judged for it,” Vivek Murthy says.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
The author of Searching for John Hughes offers us an honest, unflinching look at his struggles with isolation.
He wrote it after he lost his partner and sister.
Understand that this time of parenthood, when the kids are so young and dependent on me, is sometimes isolating, especially if we have a baby.
