Derek Thompson

And that's brought us to this point, this mountain of forces with the car and then the television set and then the digital revolution.

Let me break it into two. And I'll start with a preamble. There's nothing wrong with people being introverted. I am introverted. There's nothing wrong with enjoying a moment's quiet. I love quiet time. I mean, I think I say in the article, you know, I'm the father to a 17 month old who is wonderful and extremely loud.

Let me break it into two. And I'll start with a preamble. There's nothing wrong with people being introverted. I am introverted. There's nothing wrong with enjoying a moment's quiet. I love quiet time. I mean, I think I say in the article, you know, I'm the father to a 17 month old who is wonderful and extremely loud.

Let me break it into two. And I'll start with a preamble. There's nothing wrong with people being introverted. I am introverted. There's nothing wrong with enjoying a moment's quiet. I love quiet time. I mean, I think I say in the article, you know, I'm the father to a 17 month old who is wonderful and extremely loud.

So I know firsthand that there is nothing closer to heaven than a glass of wine at a hotel bar in a city that is not my home. Yeah.

So I know firsthand that there is nothing closer to heaven than a glass of wine at a hotel bar in a city that is not my home. Yeah.

So I know firsthand that there is nothing closer to heaven than a glass of wine at a hotel bar in a city that is not my home. Yeah.

There we go. Well, look, a glass of wine in a hotel room can be wonderful. I prefer the sort of the swirling bustle around me, like the sort of buzz of anonymity that comes with being alone drinking in a bar in a city that I don't live in.

There we go. Well, look, a glass of wine in a hotel room can be wonderful. I prefer the sort of the swirling bustle around me, like the sort of buzz of anonymity that comes with being alone drinking in a bar in a city that I don't live in.

There we go. Well, look, a glass of wine in a hotel room can be wonderful. I prefer the sort of the swirling bustle around me, like the sort of buzz of anonymity that comes with being alone drinking in a bar in a city that I don't live in.

I find something lovely about that, but different strokes for different folks, and I do not want, and I really hope this comes across both in the essay and I can say it very explicitly here in the podcast. This is not the case against introversion. This is not the case against some solitude or the case against quiet. This is...

I find something lovely about that, but different strokes for different folks, and I do not want, and I really hope this comes across both in the essay and I can say it very explicitly here in the podcast. This is not the case against introversion. This is not the case against some solitude or the case against quiet. This is...

I find something lovely about that, but different strokes for different folks, and I do not want, and I really hope this comes across both in the essay and I can say it very explicitly here in the podcast. This is not the case against introversion. This is not the case against some solitude or the case against quiet. This is...

a realization of what happens when we lean too much into introversion, even agoraphobia, a refusal to leave our home, too much quiet, too much solitude. What if the dose goes up and up and up? It's the same with any therapeutic. Lots of drugs are good in short supply and very dangerous in large supply. What are some of the bad things about this? Well, number one,

a realization of what happens when we lean too much into introversion, even agoraphobia, a refusal to leave our home, too much quiet, too much solitude. What if the dose goes up and up and up? It's the same with any therapeutic. Lots of drugs are good in short supply and very dangerous in large supply. What are some of the bad things about this? Well, number one,

a realization of what happens when we lean too much into introversion, even agoraphobia, a refusal to leave our home, too much quiet, too much solitude. What if the dose goes up and up and up? It's the same with any therapeutic. Lots of drugs are good in short supply and very dangerous in large supply. What are some of the bad things about this? Well, number one,

Researchers have found again and again that solitude does not correlate with life satisfaction. In fact, people who spend more time alone consistently say that they're less happy with their lives. This is partly because people who spend more time alone often tend to be lower income people and income also seems to correlate with happiness. That's the first thing.

Researchers have found again and again that solitude does not correlate with life satisfaction. In fact, people who spend more time alone consistently say that they're less happy with their lives. This is partly because people who spend more time alone often tend to be lower income people and income also seems to correlate with happiness. That's the first thing.

Researchers have found again and again that solitude does not correlate with life satisfaction. In fact, people who spend more time alone consistently say that they're less happy with their lives. This is partly because people who spend more time alone often tend to be lower income people and income also seems to correlate with happiness. That's the first thing.

Maybe the deeper and more complicated idea here is that I think that many people mistakenly seek too much solitude because they believe that it's good for them. So here's what I mean. There was a study that was done, one of my favorite studies in the piece, by Nick Epley, who's a psychologist at the University of Chicago.