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HOW FACE-TO-FACE CONTACT CAN MAKE US HEALTHIER, AND HAPPIER
The Village Effect
In this surprising, entertaining and persuasive new book, psychologist Susan Pinker shows how face-to-face contact is crucial for learning, happiness, resilience and longevity.
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A One-Sentence Book Review - The New York Times Magazine
"Good peers help make centenarians."
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International Praise
"Drawing on scores of psychological and sociological studies, Pinker suggests that living as our ancestors did, steeped in face-to-face contact and physical proximity, is the key to health, while loneliness is less an exalted existential state than a public health risk; ...smart readers will take the book out to a park to enjoy in the company of others." – The Boston Globe
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Susan Pinker's New Book
The Village Effect
In this surprising, entertaining and persuasive new book, psychologist Susan Pinker shows how face-to-face contact is crucial for learning, happiness, resilience and longevity. From birth to death, human beings are hard-wired to connect to other human beings.
Random House Canada
Speigel & Grau, US
Atlantic Books , UK Edition
Tantor Media (Audio Book)
Charaktery, Poland
Korean edition
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We are big supporters of the lifesaving humanitarian medical aid Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) provides to people in need around the world. That’s why we’re walking to raise funds for MSF in the 2015 Walk Without Borders Challenge. I hope you’ll sponsor us as we step up to help save lives.
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Media Coverage
The Guardian
Why face-to-face contact matters in our digital age
The Sunday Times
The loss of human contact in the internet age is shortening our lives
Financial Times
Maintaining the personal touch is more powerful
MacLean's
How Face-to-Face Contact Makes us Happier
The Globe and Mail
Want to be healthier? Socialize in person.
Diane Rehm Show (NPR)
Effects of Increasing Digital Connections on Relationships and Community
The New York Times Magazine
"Good peers help make centenarians"
MacLean's
The End of Neighbours
Fast Company
Why You Need To Actually Talk To Your Coworkers Face To Face
The Montreal Gazette
It takes a village to keep us healthy
Los Angeles Times
To Truly Interact, Try it Offline
Toronto Star
It Takes a Village to Find a Friend
Publisher's Weekly
The Village Effect: How Face-to-Face Contact Can Make Us Healthier, Happier, and Smarter
About the Author
Susan Pinker
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SUSAN PINKER is a developmental psychologist, journalist and author whose first book, The Sexual Paradox, won the American Psychological Association’s most prestigious literary prize, the William James Book Award, and was published in 17 countries. A national columnist, lecturer and broadcaster whose work has garnered many writing awards, Pinker’s ideas have been featured in the New York Times, the Times, the Guardian, the Economist, the Atlantic, Financial Times, Der Spiegel, and O, The Oprah Magazine, among other publications. She lives in Montreal.
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