Meetup’s David Siegel On How We Can Solve The Loneliness Epidemic Among Young People
<p>O<em>ur youth are facing a loneliness epidemic like never before. They have “social” media, but many are lacking healthy social lives. Many have likes and virtual “friends” but not real life friends. They can text and tweet but not speak and listen and connect. And they are feeling it. Humans were made for real live interaction, and we crave it when we don’t get it, or don’t even know how to go about looking for connection. How can we solve this loneliness epidemic that young people face? As a part of our interview series about the ‘5 Things We Can Each Do Help Solve The Loneliness Epidemic Among Young People ’ we had the pleasure to interview David Siegel.</em></p>
<p><em>David Siegel is the CEO of Meetup, the largest platform for finding and building local community. Prior to joining Meetup, David was CEO of Investopedia and, before that, President of Seeking Alpha. He hosts the podcast </em><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/keep-connected-with-meetup-ceo-david-siegel/id1545712240" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank"><em>Keep Connected</em></a><em>, a top 2% ranked global podcast that is dedicated to the power of community, and is the author of </em><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Decide-Conquer-Decisions-Break-Leaders/dp/140023087X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1B9ZM3EJ6RJO7&keywords=decide+and+conquer&qid=1639953797&sprefix=decide+and+conquer%2Caps%2C63&sr=8-1" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank"><em>Decide & Conquer</em></a><em>.</em></p>
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