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Cognitive scientist at Harvard.

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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker Feb 10

    There is no “Loneliness Epidemic” - Social critics are too quick to cry “crisis” after an anecdote or dubious study. (Data are reviewed in Enlightenment Now.)https://nyti.ms/2BiHLQK 

    4:32 AM - 10 Feb 2018
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      2. John Hoffer‏ @supexi Feb 10
        Replying to @sapinker @nytimes

        @xkcdpic.twitter.com/Oham2qIFP0

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      1. Héctor Rodríguez‏ @hctrdz Feb 10
        Replying to @BrianSaetre @sapinker

        Are we wildly disconnected? That statement is only true depending on the culture, and even then it would be dubious without a definition of "disconnection" that's measurable.

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      1. Jet Divots‏ @JetDivots Feb 10
        Replying to @sapinker

        Agree with you. I believe younger people are more subject to "social" loneliness. Hundreds of friends on Facebook is no substitution for one good, in-person friend - or a dog, for that matter!

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      1. Nathalie Thomas‏ @nthomas214 Feb 12
        Replying to @sapinker

        The family unit is the problem. Outside of the US, families stick together and care for each other. Parents live with their children's families until they die. Here, elders are placed in homes where no one comes to call on them.

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      1. phil wilson‏ @philwilson15 Feb 10
        Replying to @sapinker

        Loneliness for some blessed solitude for others

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      1. Sad Dude in a Chair‏ @imgooley01 Feb 10
        Replying to @sapinker

        Epidemic is the wrong word, but community and social interaction has been declining since the 1880s.

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      1. Austin Boblin‏ @aaboblin Feb 10
        Replying to @sapinker

        What about an ignorance epidemic?

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      1. Mark Pawelek‏ @swcrisis Feb 10
        Replying to @sapinker

        Pessimism and scare-mongering are the real "epidemics".

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      2. pweese no banny‏ @unhiddenness Feb 10
        Replying to @sapinker

        There's an epidemic of people using shonky statistics in pop-sci books. Know anyone like that, Steve?

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      3. Amghost  🎃‏ @Amokistan Feb 10
        Replying to @unhiddenness @sapinker

        Even Frum (in Trumpocracy) assigns blame for Trump's green frogs on the milennial loneliness/sexlessness problem

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      1. Mik Dewil‏ @MikDewil Feb 10
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      1. John Graham‏ @SuperjohnRTP Feb 10
        Replying to @sapinker

        Is there any research on the impact, + or -, of social interactions that are not valued as ‘meaningful’ on loneliness?

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      2. George Benedik‏ @GBenedik Feb 10
        Replying to @sapinker

        Ok, after reading your Angels where you so quickly dismissed genetics as the possible force behind decline of violence, I decided not to read your future books. But you still are probably the smartest man alive (after @gcochran99, anyway), so I'll give it another try.

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      3. Gregory Cochran‏ @gcochran99 Feb 10
        Replying to @GBenedik @sapinker

        Pinker is not the smartest man alive, and neither am I.

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      4. George Benedik‏ @GBenedik Feb 10
        Replying to @gcochran99 @sapinker

        Close enough.

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