Issue Loneliness treated as a public health policy domain
Summary
One in six people are affected by loneliness, which DFF links to roughly 100 deaths an hour, and it expects workplace connection to get harder as robot numbers rise, so it proposes social connection become an explicit public health policy rather than a private matter.
Classification
Main topicWelfare & Health
Region menusGlobal
Impactscope:global
Time horizon4-10 years (2026-07-25)
Last updated2026-07-29 04:49:52
Evidence 1
- Future Opportunities Report: The Global 50 (2026) Dubai Future Foundation page=49;section=Megatrends: Areas of Future Opportunity 2026 accessed 2026-07-25
Constituent trends 1
- TrendFuture Humanity3 signals
Directly linked signals 0
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Relation types: constitutes
Public id: fm-a2f8d08357a6