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The Nuance

We Are Not Made for Social Isolation

Hugs and face-to-face chats may not be possible for the foreseeable future. But there are other ways to keep loneliness at bay.

Markham Heid
Elemental
Published in
5 min readApr 2, 2020

HHuman beings are social creatures. Our societies and institutions are largely organized around social interaction, and we’re one of the few — if…

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Markham Heid
Elemental

I’m a long-time contributor at TIME and other media orgs. I write mostly about health. I grew up in Michigan, but these days I live in southwest Germany.