by Angelique Kasmara | Jul 2, 2025 | Loneliness, News Media
Read the full Guardian article about human connection. From streaming services to food-delivery apps, the modern world conspires to keep us home and alone. But I went out looking for a human connection. Iam lucky enough to have some wonderful friends. But recently...
by Angelique Kasmara | Jun 26, 2025 | Loneliness, News Media
Read the full Spinoff story about the importance of regular face-to-face interaction. At a gathering of global religious, political and cultural experts in Singapore this week, one action has been cited over and over as a key to social harmony. At the International...
by Angelique Kasmara | Jun 24, 2025 | Loneliness, News Media
A fun club which started as a joke is now incredibly popular, with online branches all over the world. The Dull Men’s Club, founded by Grover Click (a pseudonym chosen for its dullness) in New York in the early 1980s, involved some very silly, dull activities. They...
by Angelique Kasmara | May 29, 2025 | Loneliness
Dear Hera, I’m not from New Zealand, but I’ve been here for almost three years. In that time I’ve met plenty of fun and charming Kiwis but haven’t really made that many local friends. Often, I’ll meet a Kiwi and it feels like we’re connecting, there’ll be shared...
by Laurie Hilsgen | Mar 26, 2025 | Loneliness, News Media
Heavy users of ChatGPT tend to be lonelier, more emotionally dependent on the AI tool and have fewer offline social relationships, new research suggests, as reported in The Guardian. Only a small number of users engage emotionally with ChatGPT, but those who do are...
by Laurie Hilsgen | Mar 25, 2025 | Loneliness
Professor Ngaire Kerse, Chair in Ageing WellFaculty of Medical and Health Sciences at Auckland University, says we need to treat ourselves as we would a friend in need. And there are practical ways we can help ourselves feel more connected. Here are her tips. 1....
