The US is structured to promote loneliness. If you want to fix it: - More free public spaces (parks with benches, squares) - More free public events and activities (free concerts, art installations, plays) - Greater physical proximity (it's hard to make eye contact if everyone drives) - Wealth distribution (create a society where one's value is not based on their net worth) - Encourage days off for community service…
Unionize! Unionize! Unionize! So much of the pressure comes from horrendous working conditions from top to bottom. And as a secondary effect unions require meetings and hopefully cross organising with other unions having different people in them. When we get better working conditions, we will have more time to meet other people rather than to sit exhausted with our phones having all the parasocial relationships that…
Re: Ask HN: How can we solve the loneliness epidemic?
#1001Before people in this country can unionize, they have to see their peers and fellows, not as strangers. The structures in this country have put each person against the other in pursuit of wealth.