Tanya Mosley

What does the data say about productivity, but not just that, maybe lessening the loneliness meter scale for us as individuals?

What does the data say about productivity, but not just that, maybe lessening the loneliness meter scale for us as individuals?

What does the data say about productivity, but not just that, maybe lessening the loneliness meter scale for us as individuals?

My guest today is Atlantic staff writer Derek Thompson, and we're talking about his February cover story, The Antisocial Century. We'll be right back in just a few. I'm Tanya Mosley, and this is Fresh Air.

My guest today is Atlantic staff writer Derek Thompson, and we're talking about his February cover story, The Antisocial Century. We'll be right back in just a few. I'm Tanya Mosley, and this is Fresh Air.

My guest today is Atlantic staff writer Derek Thompson, and we're talking about his February cover story, The Antisocial Century. We'll be right back in just a few. I'm Tanya Mosley, and this is Fresh Air.

OK, so I was reading about how fewer Gen Z adults reported being involved in romantic relationships during their teenage years. What did you find in the research about this?

OK, so I was reading about how fewer Gen Z adults reported being involved in romantic relationships during their teenage years. What did you find in the research about this?

OK, so I was reading about how fewer Gen Z adults reported being involved in romantic relationships during their teenage years. What did you find in the research about this?

Did you find other factors aside from technology that might be causing this?

Did you find other factors aside from technology that might be causing this?

Did you find other factors aside from technology that might be causing this?

Is this what we call like the third place or the third space?

Is this what we call like the third place or the third space?

Is this what we call like the third place or the third space?

I mean, is there a through line then to sort of this disenfranchised male? You know, we talk about like the incels and some of those things that like we've really been having discourse about. This kind of delves into also our politics. But is there a through line that you see in the data there?

I mean, is there a through line then to sort of this disenfranchised male? You know, we talk about like the incels and some of those things that like we've really been having discourse about. This kind of delves into also our politics. But is there a through line that you see in the data there?

I mean, is there a through line then to sort of this disenfranchised male? You know, we talk about like the incels and some of those things that like we've really been having discourse about. This kind of delves into also our politics. But is there a through line that you see in the data there?

Thinking back to the little bit we were talking about regarding romantic relationships and young people, there was this article a few weeks ago in the Times about a woman who who was in a full-fledged relationship with chat GPT. And, you know, of course, that made me think about the movie Her from 2013, where Joaquin Phoenix's character was in love with an operating system.

Thinking back to the little bit we were talking about regarding romantic relationships and young people, there was this article a few weeks ago in the Times about a woman who who was in a full-fledged relationship with chat GPT. And, you know, of course, that made me think about the movie Her from 2013, where Joaquin Phoenix's character was in love with an operating system.