The Lonely Century

By Noreena Hertz,

Book cover of The Lonely Century: How to Restore Human Connection in a World That's Pulling Apart

Book description

A bold, hopeful, and thought-provoking account by “one of the world’s leading thinkers” (The Observer) of how we built a lonely world, how the pandemic accelerated the problem, and what we must do to come together again 

“A compelling vision for how we can bridge our many divides at this…

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Why read it?

1 author picked The Lonely Century as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I loved this book, as it describes one of the biggest problems of our day and age: that we are both superconnected and no longer connected at all. By that, I mean that we are constantly digitally stimulated.

We are in touch with friends, colleagues, and strangers, but because of that, we are too tired to truly connect to the important people around us and even with ourselves.

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