In this session, Steve Gilbert will lead us in a discussion about "loneliness" and what evolutionary thinking can tell us about it in the modern day.
In this session, Steve Gilbert will lead us in a discussion about "loneliness" and what evolutionary thinking can tell us about it in the modern day. A couple of interesting resources to explore, below:
- TED talk by John Cacioppo
- Evolutionary Mechanisms for Loneliness (see attached PDF)
A couple more additional links, for the intrepid:
- The loneliness myth: what our shared stories of feeling alone reveal about why you can’t ‘fix’ this very human experience
- by Sam Carr, Reader in Education with Psychology and Centre for Death and Society, University of Bath
- by Sam Carr, Reader in Education with Psychology and Centre for Death and Society, University of Bath
- Interesting post on Jonathan Haidt’s substack, After Babel, about the impact of social media on youth friendships.