Answer the following questions in your own words from an article in Harvard
Magazine about “The Loneliness Pandemic.” The article, which is called “The
Loneliness Pandemic: The psychology and social costs of social isolation in
everyday life” by Jacob Sweet can be found at:
https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2021/01/feature-the-loneliness-pandemic. If
you have an opinion on something that you would like to share, write it into your
answers.
1. How could Bradley Riew be so busy and involved with others in his life and
still feel lonely?
2. How does Sweet (the author) summarize the ideas of various experts on
loneliness?
3. How does loneliness affect our health? Summarize the ideas about the types
of loneliness.
4. How does loneliness beget further loneliness? (summarize all ways
described)
5. Why hasn’t the reopening of society necessarily made social connection with
others easier?
6. Describe the findings from the collaboration between Harvard’s Human
Flourishing Program and
the American Bible Society about loneliness as described by Tyler
Vanderweele.
7. How can the pandemic positively impact our relationships with others?
8. How is Bradley Riew doing now (at the end of the article?)
