Episode 599: NOREENA HERTZ (2021) -THE LONELY CENTURY - How do we restore human connection?
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English - May 12, 2023 00:00 - 59 minutes - 40.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 28 ratingsNews news kpfk pacifica goverment diabetes diet Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
I believe human beings want more than anything to feel seen and heard. Last week the US Surgeon General declared loneliness a public health epidemic, as deadly as smoking up to 15 cigarettes a day, raising the risk of premature death by 30%, with higher rates of heart disease, stroke, anxiety, depression, dementia, and suicide. Here’s my 2021 conversation with NOREENA HERTZ about her book, THE LONELY CENTURY: How to Restore Human Connection in a World That’s Pulling Apart. You can learn more at noreena.com