How cohousing can make us happier (and live longer) | Grace Kim

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🗓️ 24 July 2017

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Loneliness doesn't always stem from being alone. For architect Grace Kim, loneliness is a function of how socially connected we feel to the people around us -- and it's often the result of the homes we live in. She shares an age-old antidote to isolation: cohousing, a way of living where people choose to share space with their neighbors, get to know them, and look after them. Rethink your home and how you live in it with this eye-opening talk.

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0:00.0	This TED Talk features architect Grace Kim,
0:03.8	recorded live at TED-2017.
0:08.2	Loneliness.
0:10.8	All of us in this room will experience loneliness at some point in our lives.
0:15.3	Loneliness is not a function of being alone,
0:18.2	but rather a function of how socially connected you are to those around you.
0:22.9	There could be somebody in this room right now,
0:25.0	surrounded by a thousand people, experiencing loneliness.
0:30.0	And while loneliness can be attributed to many things,
0:34.1	as an architect,
0:35.9	I'm going to tell you today how loneliness can be the result of our built
0:39.4	environments, the very homes we choose to live in.
0:44.4	Let's take a look at this house.
0:46.7	It's a nice house, there's a big yard, picket fence, two-car garage.
0:53.2	And the home might be in a neighborhood like this.
0:56.0	And for many people around the globe,
0:59.0	this home, this neighborhood,
1:02.0	it's a dream.
1:04.0	And yet the danger of achieving this dream
1:07.0	is a false sense of connection
1:09.0	and an increase in social isolation.
1:12.5	I know, I can hear you now.
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