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Addiction & Depression: Johann Hari On Lost Connections

The Rich Roll Podcast

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We Are the Loneliest Society There's Ever Been

We are the loneliest society there's ever been, says Harari. The most common answer now when you ask people how many close friends do you have or you could turn to in a crisis is none. And I think we're now seeing on a mass epidemic scale what happens when the human being is removed from that basic requirement of feeling contented and purposeful. It is a crisis of consciousness as much as anything else.

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