Carl Davidson - Only the Lonely - Grow Waitaha KA Day

Carl Davidson - Only the Lonely - Grow Waitaha KA Day - 7 June 2023

Carl Davidson - Hopeful and Aligned Conversation

https://www.canterbury.ac.nz/business/mba/contact-us/industry-leads/carl-davidson.html

Social Capital

Trust, Feelings of belonging, Security, Safety

1. Bonding with people

2. Bridging between social groups

3. Linking to others

Te Mauri O Ōtautahi - research post quake

Trend is showing that young people are very likely to feel lonely, despite being surrounded by people.

The Rise of the Loneliness Economy - Financial Advisor

https://www.ft.com/content/ca0e15be-8093-448b-a721-79ef9adb7afd

https://www.health.harvard.edu/healthbeat/conquering-loneliness

Why is this happening? Our society is getting older very fast. More people living in sole households than ever before. Population rate only 1.5 (2.1 required to keep pop rate the same)

US Surgeon General's Advisory

Social Media and Youth Mental Health - Summary

What Should We Do?

walkscore.com. How walkable is your neighbourhood? How many places are there is sit and linger?

Not many people wave, but almost everyone waves back.

The Power of Strangers - Joe Keohane

Naive realism - what we see is based on our perceptions and what we believe the reality to be.

In social psychology, naïve realism is the human tendency to believe that we see the world around us objectively, and that people who disagree with us must be uninformed, irrational, or biased.

We can be blind to the obvious but also blind to our blindness - Daniel Kahneman

The Availability Bias Trap - white white white what do cows drink?

We don't think about our biases because we think WITH our biases.

The Waimairi School Inquiry Project - community connections. Walking fitness each day. Waving, saying hello, plogging, building connections with others. Could we do this as part of good sorts in 2023?

Cognitive Dexerity - Curiosity vs Intelligence (GE - Generalised Intelligence)

Sticky Communities - what makes them different?

https://warrenandmahoney.com/articles/sticky-campus

What is your third place ? Home / work / where else? ie Cheers

How is our KA a neighbourhood? What is our third place?

Where and how can we linger and connect?

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