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Research indicates that happiness is more apt to lead to success in one's endeavors.<ref>[https://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/releases/bul-1316803.pdf The Benefits of Frequent Positive Affect: Does Happiness Lead to Success?], Psychological Bulletin Copyright 2005 by the American Psychological Association, 2005, Vol. 131, No. 6, 803– 855</ref>

Research indicates that happiness is more apt to lead to success in one's endeavors.<ref>[https://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/releases/bul-1316803.pdf The Benefits of Frequent Positive Affect: Does Happiness Lead to Success?], Psychological Bulletin Copyright 2005 by the American Psychological Association, 2005, Vol. 131, No. 6, 803– 855</ref>

== Loss of friendships and growing unhappiness, loneliness, social isolation in the United States ==

===Loss of friendships and growing unhappiness, loneliness, social isolation in the United States===

[[Image:Desperation_man.jpg‎ |thumb|250px|right|[[Loneliness]] has been linked to many physical and mental health problems.<ref>Multiple references:

[[Image:Desperation_man.jpg‎ |thumb|250px|right|[[Loneliness]] has been linked to many physical and mental health problems.<ref>Multiple references:

*Gammon, Katherine (March 2, 2012).  [http://www.livescience.com/18800-loneliness-health-problems.html "Why loneliness can be deadly"].  Live Science website.

*Gammon, Katherine (March 2, 2012).  [http://www.livescience.com/18800-loneliness-health-problems.html "Why loneliness can be deadly"].  Live Science website.

''See also:'' [[Friendship]] and [[Loneliness]]  

''See also:'' [[Friendship]] and [[Loneliness]]  

David B. Brooks in his 2023 book entitled ''How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen'' wrote about [[loneliness]]:  

[[NeverTrump]]er [[David B. Brooks]]<ref>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/03/29/david_brooks_on_signal_chat_democrats_should_talk_about_nothing_but_trumps_incompetence.html</ref> in his 2023 book entitled ''How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen'' wrote about [[loneliness]]:  

{{Cquote|I’ve been writing as if we live in a healthy cultural environment, in a society in which people are enmeshed in thick communities and webs of friendship, trust, and belonging. We don’t live in such a society. We live in an environment in which political animosities, technological dehumanization, and social breakdown undermine connection, strain friendships, erase intimacy, and foster distrust. We’re living in the middle of some sort of vast emotional, relational, and spiritual crisis. It is as if people across society have lost the ability to see and understand one another, thus producing a culture that can be brutalizing and isolating.

{{Cquote|I’ve been writing as if we live in a healthy cultural environment, in a society in which people are enmeshed in thick communities and webs of friendship, trust, and belonging. We don’t live in such a society. We live in an environment in which political animosities, technological dehumanization, and social breakdown undermine connection, strain friendships, erase intimacy, and foster distrust. We’re living in the middle of some sort of vast emotional, relational, and spiritual crisis. It is as if people across society have lost the ability to see and understand one another, thus producing a culture that can be brutalizing and isolating.