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The Politics Of Loneliness

2023/2/2
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Robert Waldinger: 本研究长达85年,核心结论是密切的人际关系对身心健康和长寿至关重要,其重要性超过运动、饮食和职业等因素。孤独感会对生理健康造成影响,例如睡眠质量下降。此外,研究还发现,50岁时人际关系满意度高的人,80岁时身心健康状况更好。在控制了社会阶层、收入和50岁时的健康状况等变量后,人际关系对健康的影响依然显著。我们还研究了依恋理论,认为婴儿时期的依恋模式会影响成年后的人际关系模式。从进化角度来看,人类对社会联系的渴望是出于生存的需要,群体生活更有利于生存和基因传递。在面对重大危机时,人际关系是人们克服困难的关键。当前社会中,社交媒体的被动使用会加剧孤独感,而主动使用则可能提升幸福感。社交媒体缺乏面对面互动中的安全感和同理心,容易导致网络欺凌和仇恨言论。解决孤独感需要个人主动改善人际关系,也需要改进社交媒体的设计,减少其对人们注意力的过度吸引。 Galen Druke: 孤独感是美国面临的一个重大社会问题,并且对政治行为和极端主义的兴起具有重大影响。研究表明,社会排斥是导致激进化和支持民粹主义政党的重要因素。孤独感与政治行为之间的联系并非新现象,汉娜·阿伦特在其著作中也探讨了这一问题。新冠疫情加速了远程办公的趋势,加剧了社会孤立。新自由主义和全球化导致的经济变化也破坏了社会结构,加剧了孤独感。解决孤独感需要多方面努力,包括规范社交媒体、振兴地方经济、加强社区联系等。此外,个人也需要主动维护现有的人际关系,并积极寻找机会结识新朋友。

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The discussion explores how social isolation affects political behavior, emphasizing the creation of echo chambers and the lack of real community participation in political processes.

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Americans are spending more and more) time alone, and more than a third) reported experiencing “serious loneliness" in 2021. The director of the Harvard Study of Adult Development -- the longest study of human life ever conducted -- concluded in a new book) that close personal relationships are the "one crucial factor [that] stands out for the consistency and power of its ties to physical health, mental health and longevity." A lack of those relationships can actually have an impact on political behavior) and interest in extreme ideologies. Galen Druke speaks with the director of the Harvard study, Robert Waldinger, about the lessons his findings have for politics in America.

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