EPISODE · May 5, 2026 · 27 MIN
Episode 7: Devices, Relational Grief and Loneliness in Midlife
from Generation Zombie: Raising healthy humans in a world of devices and AI. · host Charlotte Armitage
Dr Charlotte talks about the impact that the significant change in relating from our 20's to our 40's has had on our feelings of isolation and loneliness in midlife. As a generation of people who lived across two relational worlds, in childhood and adolescence we related in person, in real life, which felt normal to us, whereas now most relational transactions are mediated by a screen.
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Dr Charlotte talks about the impact that the significant change in relating from our 20's to our 40's has had on our feelings of isolation and loneliness in midlife. As a generation of people who lived across two relational worlds, in childhood and adolescence we related in person, in real life, which felt normal to us, whereas now most relational transactions are mediated by a screen.
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