







a guide to incoherent and isolating social experiences
How Social Isolation Is Killing Us (Published 2016)
Research confirms our deepest intuition: Human connection lies at the heart of human well-being.

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The definitive guide for escaping social media (and joining the indie web.)
How social norms emerge: The interindividual actor–critic.
An Adult’s Guide to Social Skills, for Those Who Were Never Taught (Published 2020)
It’s a shame so few of us are taught the basics of how to interact constructively with each other. If you never were, we’re here to help.

How we can solve loneliness in America
An expert in loneliness says the U.S. is in a new "social frontier." Here's how we can cope

What is Causing Our Epidemic of Loneliness and How Can We Fix It?
Researchers share what Americans have to say about social disconnection and potential solutions


Anti-social Punishment — LessWrong
Why do some societies exhibit more antisocial punishment than others? Martin explores both some literature on the subject, and his own experience liv…
Elegant theories and the problems of social psychology
This perspective article provides a commentary on the current state of theories used in social psychology, with a particular emphasis on the importance of distinguishing between theoretical models ...

Designing the Social
This book explores the complex place of social media in young people’s lives and the role it plays in shaping how they understand and present their identity publicly on a wide array of platforms. It proposes a new theoretical framework, Comic Theory, for understanding identity performances.

Designing the Social
This book explores the complex place of social media in young people’s lives and the role it plays in shaping how they understand and present their identity publicly on a wide array of platforms. It proposes a new theoretical framework, Comic Theory, for understanding identity performances.

Intellectual Loneliness
I have a confession to make: I leave most parties early because I'd rather read a book. The world comes to life when I'm surrounded by ideas.

From @mkarhulahti.bsky.social, me, @nballou.bsky.social, and Ivan Ropovik, newly accepted at Collabra: Psychology. This concerns a Nature: Human Behavior publication on the impacts of a Chinese anti-gaming policy. The paper has serious flaws making its results unsupportable. osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/n2rka_v4
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