loneliness
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AI at the Office Makes You a Lonely, Sleepless Alcoholic, New Study Finds
Artificial Intelligence has upended the workplace, bringing with it mass layoffs and the fear that it will destroy humanity as we know it, but a new study reveals the damaging effects don’t end there. A group of researchers set out to uncover the emotional toll AI can have on an individual’s psyche in the workplace,…
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Sleep-Deprived People May Infect You With Loneliness
Not getting enough or the right kind of sleep is notoriously bad for physical health. But a new study out of the University of California, Berkeley suggests that poor sleep can be a nightmare for our social lives too. It just might turn us into lonely outcasts, capable of spreading our misery to others.
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Embrace This Wooden Hugging Machine And It Hugs Right Back
Sometimes all the coffee and chocolate in the world isn’t as effective a pick-me-up as a simple hug can be. That has to be what inspired Petri Eskelinen to design and build this wonderfully complicated wooden hugging machine that hugs you right back when it’s embraced.
