Overcoming Loneliness Amidst Social Distancing

“Man is by nature, a social animal.” We attribute this notion to Aristotle, who taught that humans crave social interaction.

Connie Ragen Green — Overcoming Loneliness Amidst Social Distancing

“Man is by nature, a social animal.” We attribute this notion to Aristotle, who taught that humans crave social interaction. It’s a tricky idea to wrap the mind around, and it has surfaced many debates throughout the years. This leads to our discussion around overcoming loneliness amidst social distancing.

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I was reading an article entitled Coronavirus Will Also Cause a Loneliness Epidemic by Ezra Klein where he stated that…

We need to take both social distancing and the “social recession” it will cause seriously. This article discusses the effects of social distancing on people 60 and over in our society but it applies to all ages, I believe.

Do humans innately feel lonely when they lack human interaction? More importantly, is loneliness something we can combat?

In a recent article entitled The History of Loneliness in The New Yorker, author Jill Lepore states,

Before modern times, very few human beings lived alone. Slowly, beginning not much more than a century ago, that changed. In the United States, more…