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Want to Live Longer, Healthier, and Happier? Then Cultivate Your Social Connections

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Social scientist Kasley Killam has always been fascinated by the science of human connection.

The lack of social connections increases the risk of various diseases, from stroke to dementia.

Killam calls the current state of our collective social health a public health emergency.

Technology tools need to complement real human connection, she says.

We need to build up social health proactively so we can rely on it in times of need, says Kasley Killam .

Killam : Social health is today where mental health was 1015 years ago ; I expect the pace of innovation and the size of this industry to accelerate in the years ahead .