The Ties That Bind
Studies of human social networks go high-tech
When John Cacioppo walks around Chicago with his book Loneliness, he hides the cover. “Who wants to go around with a big L on their forehead?” he says. Society, he complains, treats loneliness as a disease.
“People think it’s just neuroticism, or it’s people who can’t form relationships,” Cacioppo says.