Bowling Alone: Revised and Updated: The Collapse and Revival of American Community

by Robert D. Putnam

“Americans now face a glut of leisure,” ran a headline in February 1964. “The task ahead: how to take life easy.

“Social networks are important in all our lives, often for finding jobs, more often for finding a helping hand, companionship, or a shoulder to cry on.

a well-connected individual in a poorly connected society is not as productive as a well-connected individual in a well-connected society.

“If you don’t go to somebody’s funeral, they won’t come to yours.