How to fight loneliness: Everyday hacks for a connected life | Juliana Schroeder | TEDxMarin
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Published 2023-10-27
Juliana Schroeder is a behavioral scientist who conducts research on social interaction. She holds the Harold Furst Chair in Management Philosophy and Values at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, runs Berkeley’s social science laboratory, and directs the Psychology of Technology Institute.
She studies the psychological processes underlying how people think about the minds of those around them, and how their judgments then influence their decisions and interactions.Her research has been published in a wide range of academic journals and in several book chapters. It has been featured by media outlets such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, Harvard Business Review, NPR, and the Today Show. She has received funding from the National Science Foundation and awards from the Association for Psychological Science and the American Psychological Association. Juliana Schroeder is a behavioral scientist who conducts research on social interaction. She holds the Harold Furst Chair in Management Philosophy and Values at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, runs Berkeley’s social science laboratory, and directs the Psychology of Technology Institute.
She studies the psychological processes underlying how people think about the minds of those around them, and how their judgments then influence their decisions and interactions. Her research has been published in a wide range of academic journals and in several book chapters. It has been featured by media outlets such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, Harvard Business Review, NPR, and the Today Show. She has received funding from the National Science Foundation and awards from the Association for Psychological Science and the American Psychological Association. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx
All Comments (21)
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More power to everyone fighting loneliness.
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Exactly! We long for genuine interaction and pure connectivity. That intimation when we talk eye to eye with people, that's what we miss a lot!
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This is easier said than done. What if you have social anxiet? What if you are scared of being judged and have CPTSD from connecting with people because you had experiences of people backstabbing you, bullying you, etc.
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My hack list: 1. run errands and (like she said) initiate conversation with folks while you’re out 2. turn on your favorite show from your teenage years and let it run in the background on low volume as you move about your living space 3. call your mom—she’ll always pick up 4. write a nice letter to someone over the age of 60 in your life. walk it to the mailbox and stop at Walgreens and pick up your favorite snack on the way back home 5. don’t judge the feeling. Feeling lonely is not a bad thing or a bad sign—it’s just one of may human emotions, so let the feeling come and go without judging it
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thank you, its great when simple but gamechanging insights backed up by strong data
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Really lovely helpful, thoughtful talk.
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6:48 - Very useful.
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Brilliant!
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I thought there would be multiple hacks. But she told only two - initiate conversation, and talk not text.
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How did youtube know that I'm lonely
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It was very helpful
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super good word
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Hello, It was really very helpful😇
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After listening to Mr. Ballen talk about the strange dark and mysterious.....i choose "avoid" 😅
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Very useful and understandable given the society we live in.😢❤
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love it
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super helpful
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I mean what if others don't want to socialize with me? What if I just sit there awkwardly, not knowing what to say?
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loneliness is very disturbing and eats from inside I've been dealing with it its very very dangerous
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Well you don't need a PhD to figure all that out. Just some bloody common sense which, isn't so common anymore. And round and round we go again a self perpetual society of loneliness, like a mouse on a wheel cage running but going nowhere, or people on a treadmill running a road to nowhere and paying someone else for the privilege of it.
