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Ashley Hocking, Andy Ihnatko, Ellen Braaten and John Borders IV. The Museum of Science hosted “The Loneliness Epidemic: Big Tech's Role and Responsibility” — an event to explore the connection between technology and social disconnect.

‘We have to find our people’: Museum of Science panel discusses role of technology in loneliness epidemic

By Nora Torok November 6, 2025
In 2023, former U.S. Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy formalized the concern of loneliness as an epidemic in an official advisory, stating one in two adults in the United States reported experiencing loneliness in recent years. A major culprit, he said, is technology.  More than two years later, the loneliness crisis remains “one of society’s biggest problems,”  speakers said at a late-night symposium Oct. 22 at the Museum of Science.
East to West: Sept. 17, 2021

East to West: Sept. 17, 2021

By Veronica Thompson September 17, 2021

Today on East to West, we remember Professor David Jones, and cover the Friday night robbery in Brookline as well as the results of the preliminary mayoral election and more. Click here to stream...

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