World is suffering from an epidemic of loneliness

October 05, 2017 16:22

'Loneliness is a growing health epidemic. We live in the most technologically connected age in the history of civilization, yet rates of loneliness have doubled since the 1980s.'

'The world is suffering from an epidemic of loneliness. If we cannot rebuild strong, authentic social connections, we will continue to splinter apart -- in the workplace and in society.'

'During my years caring for patients, the most common pathology I saw was not heart disease or diabetes; it was loneliness.'

'For our health and our work, it is imperative that we address the loneliness epidemic quickly.'

Vice Admiral Vivek H Murthy, who served as the 19th Surgeon General of the United States from 2014 to 2017, writes on a silent epidemic that is gnawing away at the world, in the Harvard Business Review, here.

The illustration alongside is by Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com

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