Key points

Social media is full of videos and ads offering sorts of products and practices for a long and happy life.

The most powerful predictor of aging well is the most overlooked: social connectedness.

Isolation and loneliness are unhealthy. Nurturing and deepening our social connections is vital to aging well.

Social media is full of videos and ads offering the latest supplement, diet, exercise routine, mindset change, or health-promoting practice that will lead to a long and healthy life. I can’t log in to Instagram without being inundated by (self-proclaimed) experts promising their powerful secrets to better health, greater happiness , and a life free of disease. I just need to sign up and subscribe to their program, purchase their product, or attend their workshop or retrea

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