Why Relationships? : A Reading List
Watch, read, and listen to the recommended resources below to learn more about isolation and its role in our society's systemic issues.
Watch
“This Land of Strangers” – Robert Hall, Values Aligned Leadership Summit
“The lethality of loneliness” – John Cacioppo at TEDxDesMoines
“Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis” – Robert Putnam, LA Times Festival of Books
“The hidden influence of social networks” – Nicholas Christakis, TED2010
“Tracing Linkages between Social Isolation and Poverty” – Overcoming Isolation and Deepening Social Connectedness symposium, BBC
“Our lonely society makes it hard to come home from war” – Sebastian Junger, TED Talks Live
“From Isolation to Transformation” – Hazel Stuteley, at TEDxExter
“What makes a good life? Lessons from the longest study on happiness” – Robert Waldinger, TEDxBeaconStreet
“How cohousing can make us happier (and live longer)” – Grace Kim, TED2017
Listen
“Businesses to Benefit from Addressing ‘Loneliness Epidemic,’ Doctor Says” -- All Things Considered, NPR
“Political Scientist: Does Diversity Really Work?” – Analysis, NPR
Read
Articles
“U.K. Appoints a Minister for Loneliness” – Ceylan Yeginsu, The New York Times
“Relationship Between Loneliness, Psychiatric Disorders and Physical Health?” – Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
“Poverty, isolation, and opportunity” – Emily Cuddy and Richard V. Reeves, Brookings Institute
“How are poverty, ethnicity and social networks related?” – Joseph Rowntree Foundation
“The terrible loneliness of growing up in Robert Putnam’s America” – Emily Badger, Washington Post
“School Connectedness: Strategies for Increasing Protective Factors Among Youth” – Center for Disease Control
“Work and the Loneliness Epidemic” – Former Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, Harvard Business Review
“The Surprising Effects of Loneliness on Health” – Jane E. Brody, The New York Times
“The Power of Human Touch” – David Brooks, The New York Times
“Loneliness May Warp Our Genes, And Our Immune Systems” – Angus Chen, NPR
Books
This Land of Strangers, Robert Hall
A Study of History (The Growth of Civilizations), Arnold J. Toynbee
Braving the Wilderness, Brene Brown
The Art of Neighboring, Dave Runyon and Jay Pathak
The Transformations of Man, Lewis Mumford
Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis, Robert Putnam
Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community, Robert Putnam