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#114 Noreena Hertz: The Crisis of Loneliness

2021/6/29
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Noreena Hertz: 本期节目探讨了全球性的孤独危机，其影响范围广泛，涵盖了个人身心健康、经济发展以及民主制度等多个方面。孤独不仅仅是缺乏人际联系，更是一种缺乏归属感和被支持感的状态。它与新自由主义和个人主义的兴起密切相关，因为这些思潮强调个人利益，弱化了社会联系。社交媒体虽然提供了连接的途径，但也加剧了孤独感，因为它营造了一种虚假的受欢迎程度和人际关系的竞争感。此外，城市规划中的‘排斥性建筑’也加剧了社会隔离。孤独对身心健康都有负面影响，它会提高血压、皮质醇和胆固醇水平，增加早逝的风险。在民主方面，孤独会减少不同群体之间的互动，削弱社会凝聚力，并助长民粹主义的兴起。为了应对孤独危机，我们需要重新定义支持网络，重视友谊，并培养社区意识。个人可以放下手机，多与他人面对面交流，参与社区活动，并主动联系可能感到孤独的人。雇主应该在工作场所中重视缓解孤独感，政府应该将缓解孤独感纳入经济政策目标，并投资社区基础设施。 Shane Parrish: 作为访谈节目的主持人，Shane Parrish 主要负责引导话题，提出问题，并对 Noreena Hertz 的观点进行回应和补充。他从个人经验和社会现象的角度出发，与 Noreena Hertz 展开深入探讨，例如，他提到了填写表格时被要求填写紧急联系人而产生的孤独感，以及人们在面对面互动中遇到的挑战。他还探讨了科技在加剧孤独感方面的作用，以及如何利用科技更好地促进人际连接。此外，他还关注了孤独对民主制度的影响，以及如何通过培养社区意识和促进不同群体之间的互动来应对孤独危机。

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Noreena Hertz noticed an increase in loneliness among her university students and observed challenges in their face-to-face interactions. This, along with her research on the rise of right-wing populism and her personal experience with technology, led her to write about loneliness.

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Acclaimed economist and author Noreena Hertz breaks down the world’s loneliness crisis, and what it means for the well-being of our minds, bodies, economies and democratic institutions. In this episode we define loneliness and how to recognize it, its mental and physical health implications, the shame around admitting you’re lonely, what we can do to help alleviate the crisis for ourselves and our kids, and so much more. Hertz has been an Honorary Professor at the Institute for Global Prosperity at University College London since 2014 and she’s the author of five books, including the 2020 release *The Lonely Century: Coming Together in a World that's Pulling Apart. *  
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