Dr. Edward Hallowell

Now, with that group of people, really smart, often Middle European, barely English-speaking, very high IQ folks, if you said, let's have a mixer, nobody would show up because it's not in their comfort zone. And so we had to figure out how do you bait the trap? How do you bring people out of hiding? Because they were hiding. They were paranoid.

Now, with that group of people, really smart, often Middle European, barely English-speaking, very high IQ folks, if you said, let's have a mixer, nobody would show up because it's not in their comfort zone. And so we had to figure out how do you bait the trap? How do you bring people out of hiding? Because they were hiding. They were paranoid.

Well, you know, one of the universal answers to that question is food. So we'd reach out to the best restaurants in Cambridge and we'd cater weekly buffets where, you know, there'd be wonderful good food. There'd be some beer and wine. And these introverted, shy grad students would come out of hiding for food. And the next thing you know, they get talking to one another in spite of themselves.

Well, you know, one of the universal answers to that question is food. So we'd reach out to the best restaurants in Cambridge and we'd cater weekly buffets where, you know, there'd be wonderful good food. There'd be some beer and wine. And these introverted, shy grad students would come out of hiding for food. And the next thing you know, they get talking to one another in spite of themselves.

Well, you know, one of the universal answers to that question is food. So we'd reach out to the best restaurants in Cambridge and we'd cater weekly buffets where, you know, there'd be wonderful good food. There'd be some beer and wine. And these introverted, shy grad students would come out of hiding for food. And the next thing you know, they get talking to one another in spite of themselves.

And the next thing you know, there's a softball team. There's a symphony club. They started putting wax boards next to the elevators. So instead of making small talk at the elevator, they could draw equations and tell each other what they were working on. You meet them where they are. And lo and behold, over the course of the year, we really changed the culture of that department.

And the next thing you know, there's a softball team. There's a symphony club. They started putting wax boards next to the elevators. So instead of making small talk at the elevator, they could draw equations and tell each other what they were working on. You meet them where they are. And lo and behold, over the course of the year, we really changed the culture of that department.

And the next thing you know, there's a softball team. There's a symphony club. They started putting wax boards next to the elevators. So instead of making small talk at the elevator, they could draw equations and tell each other what they were working on. You meet them where they are. And lo and behold, over the course of the year, we really changed the culture of that department.

So it's a grim statistic, but it's very significant. There have been no suicides since. The proudest award I ever got was the chemistry department gave me the department medal. I'm the first non-chemist who has ever received that. Well done. Yeah, thank you. But it really drove home to me. Number one, how lethal disconnection is.

So it's a grim statistic, but it's very significant. There have been no suicides since. The proudest award I ever got was the chemistry department gave me the department medal. I'm the first non-chemist who has ever received that. Well done. Yeah, thank you. But it really drove home to me. Number one, how lethal disconnection is.

So it's a grim statistic, but it's very significant. There have been no suicides since. The proudest award I ever got was the chemistry department gave me the department medal. I'm the first non-chemist who has ever received that. Well done. Yeah, thank you. But it really drove home to me. Number one, how lethal disconnection is.

I mean, literally people dying, but how plantable it is, how startable it is, because it's in every, even the most introverted reclusive person wants to connect. Loneliness hurts everybody. So if you just have to find the right way,

I mean, literally people dying, but how plantable it is, how startable it is, because it's in every, even the most introverted reclusive person wants to connect. Loneliness hurts everybody. So if you just have to find the right way,

I mean, literally people dying, but how plantable it is, how startable it is, because it's in every, even the most introverted reclusive person wants to connect. Loneliness hurts everybody. So if you just have to find the right way,

and like in in our case food was was the was the catalyst food was what got the ball rolling then then people jump in and take over and the next thing you know the the town can go from being isolated and separated and paranoid as so many places are these days to connecting maybe you have a block party maybe you have a yard sale maybe you have a

and like in in our case food was was the was the catalyst food was what got the ball rolling then then people jump in and take over and the next thing you know the the town can go from being isolated and separated and paranoid as so many places are these days to connecting maybe you have a block party maybe you have a yard sale maybe you have a

and like in in our case food was was the was the catalyst food was what got the ball rolling then then people jump in and take over and the next thing you know the the town can go from being isolated and separated and paranoid as so many places are these days to connecting maybe you have a block party maybe you have a yard sale maybe you have a

you know, let's root for the local team movement or something that people can join in and connect with each other without making them self-conscious about it. That's the key. Most people don't want to sit down and talk about their feelings. They're afraid of that. It makes them feel very awkward.

you know, let's root for the local team movement or something that people can join in and connect with each other without making them self-conscious about it. That's the key. Most people don't want to sit down and talk about their feelings. They're afraid of that. It makes them feel very awkward.

you know, let's root for the local team movement or something that people can join in and connect with each other without making them self-conscious about it. That's the key. Most people don't want to sit down and talk about their feelings. They're afraid of that. It makes them feel very awkward.