Society should carefully leverage technology to enhance social interactions. Observing youth relying on technology for social connection, an app 'Let's Get a Meal' was developed for the dining hall, enabling students to find meal companions similar to Tinder. Despite older judges suggesting traditional socializing, students felt the need for a technological tool to facilitate social interactions during lunchtime.
The US is sliding down the world happiness rankings - but it's the unhappiness of young people that's really dragging down the average. What has happened to make Gen Z so sad? And what can be done to turn the situation around?
Jan-Emmanuel De Neve (director of Oxford University’s Wellbeing Research Centre) has been analyzing the figures for the World Happiness Report. He offers advice to young people and parents, and looks at what happy young Lithuanians can teach the rest of the world.
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