In Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World, the 19th Surgeon General of the United States Dr. Vivek Murthy makes a case for loneliness as a public health concern: a root cause and contributor to many of the epidemics sweeping the world today, from alcohol and drug addiction to violence to depression and anxiety. Loneliness, he argues, is affecting not only our health, but also how our children experience school, how we perform in the workplace, and why we feel so divided and polarized.

During Murthy’s tenure as Surgeon General, he found that there were few issues that elicited so much enthusiastic interest from both very conservative and very liberal members of Congress, from young and old people, and from urban and rural residents alike. Loneliness was something so many people have known themselves or have seen in the people around them. It’s a universal condition that affects all of us directly, or through the people we love.

The good news is that the antidote to loneliness, human connection, is also a universal condition. We have evolved to participate in community, to forge lasting bonds with others, to help one another, and to share life experiences. Even today, when we share a common purpose, when we feel a common urgency, when we hear a call for help that we are able to answer, most of us will step up and come together.

So what has led to such high levels of loneliness? How can we overcome the stigma of loneliness, and accept that all of us are vulnerable? How can we create stronger, more enduring, and more compassionate connections in our communities? The answers Dr. Murthy finds are as illuminating as they are practical. Indeed, Together shows not only how to weather the loneliness crisis, but also how to heal our social world far into the future.

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