Derek Thompson
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I wonder if you think there are public health implications of findings like this and the one by Waldinger and Scholes.
We tell people that overeating is bad for them.
We tell them that sugar is bad for them.
Alcohol is bad for them.
Cigarettes are bad for them.
Environmental pollutants are bad for them.
Microplastics bad.
We're often very precise.
Don't do this.
Don't eat too much of that.
This is dangerous.
If it is true that social connections are mechanistically protective in this way, that like relationships are good for your brain,
Should we be telling people this in a more clear way, right?
Like face-to-face socializing is declining.
People are around each other much less.
They're socializing less.
Rates of partying, I just wrote a big piece about this, have been plummeting in the last few years.
There's way fewer people hosting or attending social gatherings than there used to be even two decades ago.
In that context-
This finding seems critical to me.