Vivek Murthy doesn't mince words when it comes to the issue of loneliness.
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A former surgeon general says loneliness is making people worse at their jobs
Being physically close your colleagues doesn't guarantee you'll feed off each other's brainpower or work ethic. You need social connection, too.
In August, Julianne Holt-Lunstad, a professor of psychology at Brigham Young University, presented the findings from two huge meta-analyses at this year's Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association. Holt-Lunstad's research shows loneliness could pose a greater threat to public health than obesity. In his HBR piece, Murthy noted that loneliness reduces people's life spans by the equivalent of smoking 15 cigarettes a day.
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