Kobe Bryant Explains His Lack of Friendships

When GQ magazine asked basketball star Kobe Bryant if he had any friends Bryant said,

I have "like minds." You know, I've been fortunate ...

Social Isolation Crushes Body, Brain, and Spirit

For two of his five years in a Vietnamese POW camp, Senator John McCain was locked in a tiny isolation cell, cut off from all human contact. He was beaten ...

Isolation Can Make Us Ill or Dead

Recent research studies show how much we crave community and friendship. A 2006 study of 3,000 women with breast cancer found that those with a large ...

Andy Stanley on the New Rules for Sex

Pastor Andy Stanley recently gathered with about 250 singles to answer questions on the topic of love, sex, and dating Attendees were asked to write their ...

Every 'Tribe' Has a Way to Communicate

My friend Jacqueline tells the story of how UNICEF spent a fortune creating posters to promote the idea of child vaccination to the mothers of Rwanda. ...

Soul Mate in a Box Relationship Trend

Daniel Jones, the editor for The New York Time's "Modern Love" column, has had access to the love lives of tens of thousands of strangers. From this perspective, ...

The Proliferation of Mobile Devices and Data

By 2015, people will send 26 times more mobile data than they do now, according to Cisco's annual Global Mobile Traffic Forecast. That will mean 6.3 Exabyte's ...

Spanish "Telling Rooms" Model True Community

The region of Castile in northern Spain has a unique and beautiful way to experience deep community. The countryside is littered with bodegas, handmade ...

The Price of Our Social Disconnection

Over the last 50 years, while society has been growing more and more prosperous and individualistic, our social connections have been dissolving. Emily ...

Museum Dedicated to Failed Relationships

Croatia's capital city of Zagreb is the home for an unusual museum. The Museum of Failed Relationships was founded by two Zagreb artists after the ...