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☆ A new crop of startups wants to help solve loneliness among millennials and Gen Z. Here's how they're connecting strangers and making money.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-10 | by ( Lauren Johnson | Sydney Bradley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Plus, the pandemic and the shift to working from home have made millennials and Gen Z lonelier than ever, thanks in part to doomscrolling. "I believe the conventional 'make friends' apps too closely mimic the dating model, which can feel awkward and high-pressure for making friends," he said. The group hosts "reading parties" at bars and event spaces with the goal of helping people connect through reading. Dinner With Friends, a group that throws dinner parties, has worked on sponsored events with brands like Bumble and Geneva. Dinner With Friends founder Anita Michaud said brands typically either sponsor entire dinners or provide products — like canned cocktails — for the dinner parties.

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☆ I left Silicon Valley for a dream job in Chicago. I wasn't prepared for how crushing the loneliness could be.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-12 | by ( Charissa Cheong | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

I interned for a company called Bridge Money during my MBA at Stanford. I wanted to work at a fintech company, and this opportunity with Bridge Money was the exact type of role I wanted. AdvertisementI'd heard that Chicago was becoming more of a startup hub but not on the same level as Silicon Valley. Bridge Money offered me the possibility of an equity grant — if all went well at the company, my equity would increase in value. At Bridge Money, I was one of the first 10 full-time hires.

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☆ There is no loneliness epidemic
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-07 | by ( Eliza Relman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +17 min

With the report, a steady trickle of headlines about the epidemic turned into a firehose: "Loneliness is at epidemic levels and it's killing Americans" (USA Today); "This Epidemic of Isolation Is as Harmful as Smoking" (Bloomberg); "America's Loneliness Epidemic Comes for the Restaurant" (The Atlantic). There's one problem: The loneliness epidemic doesn't exist. Even the authors caution in their meta-analysis that "the frequently used term 'loneliness epidemic' seems exaggerated." Calling it a "loneliness epidemic," then, may be a bit like calling COVID a "sneezing pandemic." "There are many, many surveys that are just making up questions about loneliness and are not using the UCLA Loneliness Scale or some other validated loneliness scale," she says.

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☆ I'm a first-generation HBCU graduate. I'm now broke and lonelier than ever without my college friends for support.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-05 | by ( Imani Herring | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Now that I'm a broke, jobless graduate, I feel lonelier than ever without my Spelman sisterhood by my side. AdvertisementI'm feeling much lonelier now that I'm a graduateIt's been almost a year since I left Spelman with my degree, honors, and accomplishments. I cheer my college friends on from behind my phone screen and wish I were there with them, sharing in their celebrations like before. I'm trying to find happiness in my post-grad lifeI don't want my peak to be college, so I've looked to other avenues for community. So, for now, I'll stick to crocheting little lemon pouches and granny squares, hoping I can see my college friends again soon.

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☆ Hot girls love book clubs
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-05 | by ( Jordan Parker Erb | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

All the "It Girl" celebrities have their own book clubs, from model Kaia Gerber to Kendall Jenner. TikTok is flooded with "book recommendations for hot girls," and young women are flocking to apps like Bookclubs to start or join a reading group. But in an age when people are lonelier — and more chronically online — than ever, book clubs have taken on new meaning. Book clubs on the riseBook clubs are nothing new. "We call it book club, but we're not actually doing a traditional book club," Shao said.

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☆ Middle-aged Americans are lonelier than ever, new study shows—this is the No. 1 way to combat loneliness
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-26 | by ( Aditi Shrikant | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Americans between ages 45 and 65 are lonelier than their European counterparts, according to a new paper published in American Psychologist. In all places, baby boomers reported the highest levels of loneliness of any generation, but those in the United States outpaced their peers. In Italy, Spain, and Greece, loneliness steeply increased for both baby boomers and Gen X residents. Middle-aged adults in Denmark, Sweden, and the Netherlands reported the lowest levels of loneliness of all 14 countries. "Our epidemic of loneliness and isolation has been an underappreciated public health crisis that has harmed individual and societal health," Murthy said in a 2023 statement.

Persons: Vivek Murthy, Murthy Organizations: U.S Locations: England, Italy, France, Sweden, United States, Spain, Greece, Denmark, Netherlands

☆ Task associates and paralegals are some of the loneliest workers in the country
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-02 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Task associates and paralegals are among the loneliest jobs in the country, a new study shows. Task associates, who stock merchandise in retail stores, reported the highest levels of loneliness, according to a new study from Solitaired. "While that might sound like a job beaming with human interaction with customers, it's not always the case," the study's author, Neal Taparia, told Business Insider. Senior paralegals, in particular, ranked as the second loneliest job, suggesting that the higher up the corporate ladder someone is, the lonelier they might be. And paralegal roles have evolved over the years to include substantive legal work — without the title or pay grade of a full-time lawyer.

Persons: —, it's, Neal Taparia, Taparia, Jasmine Gavigan Organizations: Service

☆ 2 friends who sold everything to move off-grid together say prioritizing friendship over a romantic partnership has been a relief
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-26 | by ( Catherine Boudreau | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

They didn't want to put their life on hold waiting for a romantic partner to buy land and a home. Casey and Savannah are bucking the traditional path — both by moving off-grid and by making friendship the center of their lives. Savannah added that moving off-grid has been challenging, especially because they are doing nearly all the work themselves. How the 2 friends fund their off-grid lifeCasey and Savannah did a lot of research before taking the leap into off-grid life. A nontraditional pathSavannah said they both knew they'd really be "sealing the deal" on a life together by moving off-grid.

Persons: Casey, —, it's, they'd, Savannah Organizations: Service, Business, Savannah, YouTube Locations: Savannah, California, Casey, there's

A study released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found 6.4% of adults living alone had feelings of depression in 2021, compared with 4.1% of adults living with others. Overall, 4.5% of adults reported feelings of depression in 2021, with a higher proportion among women (5.2%) than men (3.7%). Among Hispanic adults living alone, 7.3% reported feelings of depression compared with 3.2% from that group who lived with others. Approximately 6.7% of Black adults living alone reported depression versus 4.5% living with others, while 6.3% of white adults living alone reported depression compared with 4.3% who lived with others. While a higher percentage of adults living alone reported feelings of depression compared to those living with others across all household income levels, a higher proportion was found among poorer adults.

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☆ The IRL social startup 222 is moving from LA to NYC as it launches an app and raises $2.5 million
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-05 | by ( Sydney Bradley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

For the founders behind the IRL social startup 222, it's all about the "magic of the backyard." The 222 team then organizes a multi-stage meetup, which includes a restaurant as well as another venue like a museum or a bar. At its events, 222 wants attendees to feel comfortable and leave "judgment at the door," said Hashemi, 222 's COO. "A lot more people are coming around to this idea of in real-life social," Hashemi said. Kazemian, Hashemi, and Roshannai, meanwhile, want to help swing the pendulum back to IRL — back to real relationships.

Persons: Keyan Kazemian, Danial Hashemi, Arman Roshannai, — Kazemian, Hashemi, Roshannai, Kazemian, —, Catalyst, Arash Ferdowsi, Cory, Catalyst's Niko Bonatsos, Sydney Bradley Organizations: Business, Scrum Ventures, Dropbox, University of Southern, YC, Tech, IRL Locations: Los Angeles, California, New York, New York City, University of Southern California, SoHo , New York

☆ Mark Zuckerberg has had quite the week
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-02 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

In today's big story, we're recapping earnings from three tech giants: Meta, Apple, and Amazon. The big storyMeta's mega-winMark Zuckerberg is smiling: Its profit margins are much improved — and that's partly because of a shrinking headcount. Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images ; Isabel Fernandez-Pujol/ BIMark Zuckerberg has had quite the week. It lost $16 billion on the Metaverse in 2023, and Zuckerberg indicated more pain for years to come.) Following the success of Meta's "Year of Efficiency," Zuckerberg said that the company may never go back to large-scale hiring.

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☆ Death of Fringe Friendships: Making Gen Z Sad, Hurting Job Prospects
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-01 | by ( Juliana Kaplan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +16 min

One of the biggest reasons for our shrinking social circles is the loss of fringe friends — casual friends that you enjoy seeing occasionally. These relationships might seem trivial or inconsequential, but experts and research indicate that fringe friends are vital. But now these fringe friend groups are disappearing, and we're all worse off for it. AdvertisementGlimmers of hope for Gen ZThe decline in fringe friends has also created a generational divide when it comes to who's doing well socially. There's no real solution to the loss of fringe friends.

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☆ Men are turning to OnlyFans for emotional connection amid a loneliness epidemic
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-17 | by ( Marta Biino | Madeline Berg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +15 min

"They can go to Pornhub and get naked people and sexual videos," Rae Richmond, another content creator, said. And when he chats with Farrah, an OnlyFans creator, things rarely get sexual. Some think the OnlyFans relationships help, while others think they can make people lonelier. LiensueGenuine connection can be an unintended consequence for creators, tooDespite the transactional nature of OnlyFans relationships, a real sense of companionship can develop on both ends. Sweetheart said she hadn't been on any dates since she began creating OnlyFans content over three years ago.

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☆ Lessons on loneliness from people living life on the road
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-27 | by ( Monica Humphries | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +15 min

Monica Humphries/InsiderPeople living life on the road know what it's like to be isolated. In a country facing a loneliness epidemic, there are lessons to learn from nomads like Schaffer living on the road. Van Life CampgroundsParinger realized he was missing a sense of community after a couple of years of living in a van. In 2019, he bought land in Joshua Tree, California, which became the first location for Van Life Campgrounds. Others living on the road agreed that their online community has been a huge support in tackling loneliness.

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☆ Opinion: The big question about the Israel-Hamas truce
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-26 | by ( Richard Galant | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +16 min

We’re looking back at the strongest, smartest opinion takes of the week from CNN and other outlets. And then it was back to war — a conflict in which some 8.5 million soldiers from all sides would ultimately die. The timing of the Israel-Hamas truce that took effect Friday had nothing to do with a holiday. But there is also the possibility that this truce won’t last much longer than the one in 1914. “The deal arguably strengthens Hamas, allowing it to claim credit, catch its breath and regroup,” wrote Frida Ghitis.

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☆ How self-checkout took over our favorite stores — and how it's upending the way we shop
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-25 | by ( Dominick Reuter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The kiosks are usually a help for both shoppers and retailers, but there's much room for improvement. AdvertisementSince the introduction of self-checkout more than 30 years ago, the technology has become ubiquitous in stores across the US and around the world. Meanwhile, those anti-shoplifting measures are frustrating some customers who say they are fed up with systems flagging them as potential criminals. AdvertisementI tried Walmart's self-checkout to see if it was as frustrating as some shoppers say. More than 100 Walmart stores nationwide have a new look.

Persons: — Organizations: Service, Walmart, Costco, Lowe's, Tractor Supply, Giant, San Francisco Safeway, Amazon

☆ Opinion: The drama around Sam Altman is an urgent warning
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Opinion Jill Filipovic | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

And OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, is on its third CEO in as many days. And how should other institutions – governments, non-tech industries, global alliances, regulatory bodies – reign in the worst excesses of potentially dangerous AI innovators? This dynamic – a potentially dangerous technology developed at extreme speed, largely behind closed doors – is partly to blame for Altman’s firing. And we all have a stake in whose interests AI will serve – and right now, its development is being funded with billions of dollars by people expecting to make a huge profit. The Altman story is fascinating because Altman is the most powerful figure in AI technology, which in effect makes him one of the most powerful men in the world.

Persons: Jill Filipovic, Sam Altman, Altman, Jill Filipovic It’s, OpenAI, CNN’s David Goldman, he’ll, ”, – Organizations: Twitter, CNN, Microsoft, Israeli Defense Force Locations: New York, Big Sur, Yorker, Atlantic, Silicon Valley

☆ Opinion | The Godfather of Climate Science Turns Up the Heat
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( David Wallace-Wells | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Hansen’s 1988 appearance before a Senate committee conventionally marks the beginning of the era for climate alarm, when many Americans started worrying about global warming and why their leaders were doing so little about it. This process is already embedded in conventional modeling of our climate future. But the uncertainty range is much higher for aerosol cooling than for other, more widely measured climate inputs, and the high end of that estimated range is above a full degree of cooling. In the “Pipeline” paper, Hansen gives a higher estimate still: that aerosols are cooling the planet by perhaps 1.5 degrees Celsius. assumes and that a collapse of one of the ocean’s major circulation systems is possible this century, much sooner than most believe.

Persons: wonks, Hansen Organizations: NASA, United Nations

☆ The sad, lonely secret behind America's never-ending wave of Marvel movies and Disney reboots
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Walt Hickey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

If the key driver of reboots is nostalgia — then the key driver of nostalgia is loneliness. Next, participants took Batcho's Nostalgia Inventory, a psychological test developed by Krystine Batcho in 1995 to quantify how deeply people feel nostalgia at a given time. If the key driver of reboots is nostalgia — then the key driver of nostalgia is loneliness. American health insurer Cigna has conducted a large loneliness survey since 2018, with over ten thousand respondents in the sample annually. In 2020, 61% of those surveyed were lonely, up 7 percentage points since the survey was first conducted in 2018.

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☆ Tech Industry Made Americans Lonelier, Now It Has to Help Connect Us
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( David Risher | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

A company that prioritizes product-market fit can build a great, customer-focused business. The venture capitalist Marc Andreessen has said that for startups, product-market fit is "the only thing that matters." I appreciate Marc's wisdom: Great product-market fit produces a sugar high. And that goal is well aligned with the broader social goal of making people less lonely. Over time, it became apparent that this was not a great social fit.

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☆ An OpenAI staffer who had 'personal, emotional' conversations with ChatGPT has sparked a massive debate about using AI chatbots for therapy
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( Hasan Chowdhury | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

On Tuesday, Lilian Weng, head of safety systems at OpenAI, wrote on X that she "just had a quite emotional, personal conversation" with ChatGPT in voice mode. Try it especially if you usually just use it as a productivity tool," Weng wrote. AdvertisementAdvertisementJust had a quite emotional, personal conversation w/ ChatGPT in voice mode, talking about stress, work-life balance. OpenAI and Weng did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment made outside of normal working hours. Mehtab Khan, fellow at Harvard University's Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, described Weng's post as "a dangerous characterization of an AI tool, and also yet another example of anthropomorphizing AI without thinking about how existing rules apply/don't apply."

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☆ Gen Z loneliness is so bad that some young adults are spending thousands trying to make friends through gym memberships and social clubs
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-25 | by ( Noah Sheidlower | Madison Hoff | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

In search of connection, young people are spending on gym memberships, social clubs, and art classes. Most said they spend more on social activities than pre-pandemic. All but three said they're spending more money now than they were before the pandemic on social activities such as art classes and gym memberships to make friends. The software engineer said he's increased his investment in social activities after struggling to make friends at work. Other Gen Zers told Insider they made connections through free gallery events, volunteering, and joining book clubs.

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☆ Self checkout could be making Americans lonelier
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( Alex Bitter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Self checkout might be making Americans lonelier. Most customers prefer self checkout. download the app Email address By clicking ‘Sign up’, you agree to receive marketing emails from Insider as well as other partner offers and accept our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyAdvertisementAdvertisementAmericans are lonelier than ever, and self checkout could be part of the problem. The option was especially popular with Gen Z respondents, 84% of whom said they prefer self-checkout. Self checkout is just one of many potential drivers of loneliness in the US.

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☆ Opinion: Trump’s hat trick is America’s Rorschach test
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-06 | by ( Jane Carr | Opinion Jane Greenway Carr | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +15 min

We’re looking back at the strongest, smartest opinion takes of the week from CNN and other outlets. “The ramifications of these charges for Trump and the country are enormous,” wrote legal scholar Michael Gerhardt. A sobering new studyAfrica Studio/Adobe StockA recent study has found that alcohol-related deaths are rising more quickly among American women than among American men. There’s no reason to think that will changeMike Shields: A tectonic shift in GOP voter turnout is underwayA back-to-school questionDenver Public School nurse Jennifer Nelson works at McAuliffe Manual Middle School. Every child deserves a school nurse.”

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☆ Therapy-speak is making us lonelier, says therapist Esther Perel: 'There is a danger that you lose all nuance'
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-04 | by ( Aditi Shrikant | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Perel is a Belgium American psychotherapist known for her bestselling books, widely viewed TED Talks, and her podcast "Where Should We Begin?" 'There is a danger that you lose all nuance'The de-stigmatization of going to therapy has clear benefits. "I come from a generation where going to therapy was the thing you never mentioned," Perel, 65, said. The popularity of therapy and even therapy-speak can also bring clarity to struggles people have been experiencing, oftentimes alone, for years. There is such an emphasis on the 'self-care' aspect of it that is actually making us more isolated and more alone.

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