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 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, News Media
Read the full Spinoff story about the impacts of social isolation and loneliness here in Aotearoa. It’s a beautiful summer evening in Cornwall Park, with families scattered on the grass and a live band playing a backing track to their laughter. Sprawled on a picnic...
by Laurie Hilsgen | Nov 25, 2024 | Loneliness, News Media
A study has found almost a third of retirees frequently feel lonely or socially isolated. The research, by Age Concern Auckland, found 59 percent of New Zealanders aged 65 and above had felt lonely recently, and 30 percent felt that way a lot or all of the time. Chief...
