The Trust Experiments: Rebuilding Connection in a World Designed to Divide Us

Why do we feel so disconnected? An acclaimed urbanist and design thinker looks to our physical and digital environments for answers and solutions.

The number of Americans who say they don’t have a single close friend has quadrupled since 1990. Increasingly, we are living, working, and eating alone. Our isolation has stark consequences: disconnected people are less healthy, less trusting, and—due to a lack of support networks—less likely to succeed. On a larger level, low-trust societies are...