Do You Care? “In January, I facilitated an online wellness session for healthcare workers in the Methodist Health System, Texas. As my client and I discussed plans for the event, it became clear that it should be less a learning and more a listening opportunity....
Loneliness and the Attention Economy I am struck by some overlaps between the “attention economy” and loneliness. In the New York Times Opinion piece “I Talked to the Cassandra of the Internet Age,” Charlie Warzel interviews Michael Goldhaber, describing him as “the...
Did You See The Moon? “Did you see the moon?!” he shouted to me. It was an amazing celestial sight: A Beaver moon and a crisp, clear night sky. The moon was rolling across the horizon like a loose ball or an errant plastic bag wind blown among the trees. I was...
Being Alone “I have discovered that all man’s unhappiness derives from only one source – not being able to sit quietly in a room.”~ Blaise Pascal, Pensées M any of us already felt lonely before the social isolation required by the coronavirus pandemic and...
Ride-hailing company Uber has launched a feature enabling users to choose a quiet, non-talkative ride. Since when did people become so socially inept that we are unable to navigate even the most basic of human interactions or – horror – to endure a few minutes in the...