From The Atlantic.

America is in a “loneliness epidemic.” But is turning to religion the answer?

Host Jerusalem Demsas talks to Arthur Brooks (https://www.instagram.com/arthurcbrooks/?hl=en) , a professor at the Harvard Business School who teaches classes on leadership and happiness. He’s also a contributing writer for The Atlantic where he has written that happiness comes, in part, through faith (https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/01/soren-kierkegaard-advice-deeper-living/677081/) . 

Brooks argues that the “nones”—people who identify with no religion—are unhappier (at least, on average) than people who believe in a greater power.

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