Joining and participating in one group cuts in half your odds of dying next year.
Every ten minutes of commuting reduces all forms of social capital by 10%.
Watching commercial entertainment TV is the only leisure activity where doing more of it is associated with lower social capital.
Decline Trends (over 25 years)
- Club meeting attendance: 58% drop
- Family dinners: 43% drop
- Hosting friends: 35% drop
What is Community?
Community is a place and people. If you go to a place often enough and engage with the people there, then you are a part of a community.
Discovering the right community requires participation in multiple groups. Through varied social experiences, people develop intuition about where their time is best invested and can recognize positive community dynamics in action.
Source: bowlingalone.com