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  • The Lonely Century

  • How to Restore Human Connection in a World that's Pulling Apart
  • Auteur(s): Noreena Hertz
  • Narrateur(s): Noreena Hertz
  • Durée: 11 h et 35 min
  • 4,5 out of 5 stars (4 évaluations)

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The Lonely Century

Auteur(s): Noreena Hertz
Narrateur(s): Noreena Hertz
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A bold, hopeful, and thought-provoking account by “one of the world’s leading thinkers” (The Observer) of how we built a lonely world, how the pandemic accelerated the problem, and what we must do to come together again 

“A compelling vision for how we can bridge our many divides at this time of great change and disruption.” (Arianna Huffington, founder and CEO of Thrive Global)

“An important new book.” (The Economist)

Next Big Idea Club nominee • Named one of the best books of the year by Wired (UK) and The Daily Telegraph 

Loneliness has become the defining condition of the 21st century. It is damaging our health, our wealth, and our happiness and even threatening our democracy. Never has it been more pervasive or more widespread, but never has there been more that we can do about it. 

Even before a global pandemic introduced us to terms like “social distancing”, the fabric of community was unraveling and our personal relationships were under threat. And technology isn’t the sole culprit. Equally to blame are the dismantling of civic institutions, the radical reorganization of the workplace, the mass migration to cities, and decades of neoliberal policies that have placed self-interest above the collective good.

This is not merely a mental health crisis. Loneliness increases our risk of heart disease, cancer, and dementia. Statistically, it’s as bad for our health as smoking fifteen cigarettes a day. It’s also an economic crisis, costing us billions annually. And it’s a political crisis, as feelings of marginalization fuel divisiveness and extremism around the world. But it’s also a crisis we have the power to solve.

Combining a decade of research with firsthand reporting, Noreena Hertz takes us from a “how to read a face” class at an Ivy League university to isolated remote workers in London during lockdown, from “renting a friend” in Manhattan to nursing home residents knitting bonnets for their robot caregivers in Japan.

Offering bold solutions ranging from compassionate AI to innovative models for urban living to new ways of reinvigorating our neighborhoods and reconciling our differences, The Lonely Century offers a hopeful and empowering vision for how to heal our fractured communities and restore connection in our lives.

©2020 Noreena Hertz (P)2020 Random House Audio

Ce que les critiques en disent

“Evokes and updates Robert D. Putnam’s 2000 classic, Bowling Alone.” (The Boston Globe

“A crucial call to arms.” (The Guardian

The Lonely Century is causing a deserved stir.” (Financial Times

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The content is good, but...depressing

So this is a good book. It you haven't read anything else about the role of technology, urban design or the neo-liberal agenda and capitalism in our lives, it is a solid taster menu of ideas that we should all know about I found it a little light on actual loneliness data and found the correlations between the major topics of the book and how they actually lead to specific outcomes a bit loose. I love this theme and while she doesn't bash technology entirely, she does have a challenging and negative, defeated tone through out. It feels like another critique of capitalism (which I agree with, but does feel insurmountable). The final chapter - the only place where there were any real solutions being put forward - was the only place that I got interested. The rest of the book pretty much drained me of all hope.

I work in the field of belonging, community and social capital. For me, this book didn't go deep enough in any one area to really help me move something forward. I would definitely not call it as breakthrough as 'Bowling Alone' but her chapter on robotics certainly scared the pants off me. So, if you are looking for an overview... and perhaps one of the most extraordinary bibliographies I have ever seen, this is a solid, depressing read. If you are looking for solutions and hope, well... the world is looking pretty stark right now : ( So maybe Noreena Hertz is pretty much saying it all after all. I just don't think that this is a 'How to" book.

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