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The Diary of a CEO with Steven Bartlett · December 29, 2025 · 148m
Chris Williamson: If You Don't Fix This Now, 2026 Is Already Over!
Modern Wisdom host Chris Williamson returns to discuss the loneliness epidemic, the dating crisis, men's mental health, and why designing your environment matters more than setting goals for behavior change.
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Williamson argues that loneliness has increased not because people became less social but because the environment changed: suburbanization, remote work, car culture, and digital communication eliminated the casual social encounters that historically sustained community.
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Williamson challenges the self-optimization culture: meaning does not come from optimizing your own health, productivity, or appearance. It comes from being needed by and responsible to other people.
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