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Social Loneliness
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Loneliness is a primary cause of early mortality that can be mitigated by restoring a person's sense of purpose and community connection.
“Loneliness was a cause of death, which by the way is the number one cause of early mortality. Globally, 26% of deaths of early mortality are because of loneliness. Loneliness is like smoking 15 cigarettes a day.”
Think School · Jun 2026 · 1 episode · 903K views on this topic
Technology, including AI, increases loneliness by reducing the friction necessary for meaningful human social interaction.
“I think AI is going to change this in ways that are likely to make it worse. It creates this cycle where it becomes harder and harder to overcome that little friction to talk to someone.”
The Interview · Jul 2026 · 1 episode · 127K views on this topicPositions are extracted from transcripts by a model and may misattribute who said what. Every quote links to the episode it came from.
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