Re:The limitations of Steven Pinker’s optimism
by jeoi2838 on Monday February 26, 2018 @11:53AM
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Research shows having a roommate is enough to combat feelings of loneliness.
Marriage in and of itself isn’t shown to automatically increase happiness; most folks reported having maintained their baseline mood after the wedding
Maybe this is just old definitions needing to be updated, but “family” in the traditional mom-dad-kids all visit grandma and the like, isn’t essential to the species.
Socializing is, but not the traditional structures
if you care about the epidemic of loneliness, the negative medical consequences of social isolation, and the demographic sustainability of developed countries, yes.