Community Quote by Owen Jones

Social connection is such a basic feature of human experience that when we are deprived of it, we suffer.

— Leonard Mlodinow

“It seems perverse that we can be more social than anyone would have thought possible when we are at our most anti-social, locked away…

— David Amerland

There's a great deal of scientific evidence that social connectedness is a very strong protector of emotional well-being, and I think there's no question…

— Andrew Weil

We have never been more detached from one another, or lonelier. In a world consumed by ever more novel modes of socializing, we have…

— Stephen Marche

“As a matter of fact, we are wired for connection. It’s in our biology. From the time we are born, we need connection to…

— Brené Brown

One of the things that people complain about is loneliness, disconnectedness. If you live in a society where your life is rarely threatened and…

— Steven Pinker

We think constant connection will make us feel less lonely. The opposite is true.

— Sherry Turkle

Whether we appreciate it or not, we live out our lives surrounded by an intricate pattern of social connections... We're all embedded in this…

— Nicholas A. Christakis

I think everybody wants to connect. There is nothing worse than feeling disconnected. And stories that really move people and make people care are…

— Glenn Close

For all the advances in technology, science and communications, there are signs that we are failing in areas where it matters most: our personal…

— Cory Bernardi

“Our fraught way of life gives each of us a narrowly defined role, creating conditions conducive to developing only those elements in our psyche…

— Andrei Tarkovsky

Networked, we are together, but so lessened are our expectations of each other that we can feel utterly alone. And there is the risk…

— Sherry Turkle