The Lonely American: Drifting Apart in the Twenty-first Century by Jacqueline Olds, Richard S. SchwartzMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Being too busy is bad, but even worse is checking out of social life. When this happens people get depressed, then use alcohol, drugs, or pharmaceuticals to deal with their depression. Therapy is better but still unideal. The authors admit this is a societal problem - both being too busy and being isolated- but then sort of vaguely suggest we just force ourselves to socialize.
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