Bowling Alone

Mentioned 3 times across 3 shows · first heard Aug 2025 on My First Million.

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John R. Miles💬 Mentioned
…reference to foundational research on social disconnection and loneliness
“There have been a lot of books, starting with Robert Putnam's Bowling Alone, that have really explored how our life has shifted.”
Passion Struck with John R. Miles — Why People Hear Something Different Than What You Said | Greg McKeown - EP 778at 08:20
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Nirav Tolia👍 Recommends
…discovering the inspiration behind nextdoor's founding mission
“Then we found a book called Bowling Alone by Robert Putnam, who'd been the chair of the sociology department at Harvard. And the subtitle of Bowling Alone is the decline of community in America. And that's when we started to do a little bit of research around what's happened to neighborhoods.”
The Room Podcast — S14E1: Nirav Tolia, Nextdoor CEO, on Building Community Platforms, Product-Market Fit, and the Future of AI in Local Networksat 28:55
Sam Parr💬 Mentioned
…discussing social club decline and community membership trends in america
“I was reading this book called Bowling Alone, and it's all about in America up until roughly the 60s. The average American was a member of a variety of clubs like the PTA Rotary Club, which most people don't even know what that is. I don't even know what that is, but I've heard it like the Elk Club, like all these clubs that like we've heard the name, but we're not entirely sure what they were.”
My First Million — Brainstorming $100M AI-Proof Businessesat 37:37

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