It’s Time to Rethink Loneliness, the Next Great Public Health Crisis

For a species that has landed on the moon and is set to colonize Mars, we have one final frontier to conquer: a restaurant where a human being dines alone without feeling like an alien. Our brains begin to spin narratives about the lonely diners (Who are they and how did they end up all alone?) and ourselves (Could this happen to me?). A mental jump from dining alone to dying alone usually follows, which is jarring but understandable, given how much attention the media and public health