If You're Curious About These Questions...
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- Have you ever wondered why we feel more connected through our screens yet more isolated and angry in our actual communities?
- Did you know that a hidden 'loneliness epidemic' might be the real engine driving our country’s most intense political hostilities?
- What's the secret to moving past the 'us versus them' mentality and finding a true sense of belonging in a fractured world?
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Key Takeaways from Them
- Explore the devastating consequences of an extreme 'us-versus-them' mentality and see how media and institutions are stoking rage across American communities.
- Discover how the human brain processes social rejection just like physical pain, leading to severe long-term health issues like weakened immune systems and accelerated aging.
- Understand why adult men are uniquely vulnerable to the fatal consequences of loneliness, as they tend to stop building new social networks after marriage and career advancement.
- Learn how the rapid shift toward freelance work and the impending automation of driving jobs threaten to destroy the close-knit communities traditionally built in the workplace.
- Recognize why today's constant stream of smartphone notifications and 24/7 news cycles fail to provide the in-depth analysis necessary to make well-informed civic decisions.
Learning Tools
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Mind Map
Them
The Epidemic of Loneliness
Health Impacts
Male Vulnerability
Collapse of Community Work
Job Insecurity
Automation Threats
Broken Media Landscape
Information Overload
Polititainment
Nutpicking & Outrage
Campus Intolerance
Suppression of Free Speech
Self-Segregation
Rebuilding the American Team
Civility & Standards
Demanding Real Journalism
Finding Unity
Quiz — Test Your Understanding
Question 1 of 7
Why are men considered particularly at risk for loneliness compared to women, according to the text?
Them — Full Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: Recommendation
Chapter 2: Loneliness kills, and men face especially high risk.
Chapter 3: American jobs are more fragile than ever, endangering communities.
Chapter 4: Today’s news is mostly trivial and badly oversimplified.
Chapter 5: Pundits spotlight fools to help Americans invent enemies.
Chapter 6: US campuses now nurture intolerance and self-sorting.
Chapter 7: Every citizen can help America act like one national team again.
Them Summary & Overview
Them (2018) explores the social, political and economic challenges facing the United States of America. Drawing on insights from psychology, politics and contemporary media, the blinks investigate the current climate of hostility in public life and explains how Americans can get back to a more harmonious way of life.
Who Should Listen to Them?
- Political animals looking for a fresh perspective
- Democrats open to listening to the other side
- Current-affairs junkies wanting new insights
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