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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.91,0:00:02.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Loneliness.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.48,0:00:05.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All of us in this room\Nwill experience loneliness
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.85,0:00:07.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at some point in our lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.01,0:00:10.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Loneliness is not\Na function of being alone,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.99,0:00:13.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but rather, a function\Nof how socially connected you are
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.67,0:00:14.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to those around you.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.96,0:00:18.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There could be somebody\Nin this room right now
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.18,0:00:19.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,surrounded by a thousand people
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.74,0:00:21.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,experiencing loneliness.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.28,0:00:26.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And while loneliness\Ncan be attributed to many things,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.96,0:00:28.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as an architect,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.72,0:00:31.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to tell you today\Nhow loneliness can be the result
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.68,0:00:33.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of our built environments --
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.66,0:00:35.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the very homes we choose to live in.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.46,0:00:39.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's take a look at this house.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.52,0:00:40.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a nice house.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.76,0:00:43.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a big yard, picket fence,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.20,0:00:44.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,two-car garage.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.20,0:00:48.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the home might be\Nin a neighborhood like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.56,0:00:52.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And for many people around the globe,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.10,0:00:54.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this home, this neighborhood --
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.07,0:00:56.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's a dream.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.02,0:00:59.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yet the danger of achieving this dream
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.72,0:01:01.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a false sense of connection
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.61,0:01:04.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and an increase in social isolation.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.43,0:01:06.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know, I can hear you now,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.91,0:01:10.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's somebody in the room\Nscreaming at me inside their head,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.26,0:01:12.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"That's my house,\Nand that's my neighborhood,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.58,0:01:14.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I know everyone on my block!"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.06,0:01:17.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To which I would answer, "Terrific!"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.38,0:01:19.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I wish there were\Nmore people like you,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.67,0:01:23.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I'd wager to guess\Nthere's more people in the room
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.56,0:01:25.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,living in a similar situation
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.30,0:01:27.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that might not know their neighbors.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.72,0:01:30.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They might recognize them and say hello,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.48,0:01:31.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but under their breath,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.42,0:01:35.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're asking their spouse,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.24,0:01:36.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What was their name again?"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.59,0:01:40.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so they can ask a question by name\Nto signify they know them.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.16,0:01:47.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Social media also contributes\Nto this false sense of connection.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.68,0:01:49.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This image is probably all too familiar.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.70,0:01:51.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're standing in the elevator,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.29,0:01:52.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sitting in a cafe,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.47,0:01:54.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you look around,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.13,0:01:55.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and everyone's on their phone.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.06,0:01:59.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're not texting or checking Facebook,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.30,0:02:00.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but everyone else is,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.73,0:02:02.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and maybe, like me,\Nyou've been in a situation
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.98,0:02:04.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where you've made eye contact,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.88,0:02:07.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,smiled and said hello,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.20,0:02:09.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and have that person\Nyank out their earbuds
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.53,0:02:12.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and say, "I'm sorry, what did you say?"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.88,0:02:15.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I find this incredibly isolating.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.50,0:02:18.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The concept I'd like\Nto share with you today
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.71,0:02:20.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is an antidote to isolation.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.70,0:02:21.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not a new concept.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.98,0:02:24.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, it's an age-old way of living,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.10,0:02:26.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it still exists in many\Nnon-European cultures
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.61,0:02:27.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,around the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.52,0:02:30.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And about 50 years ago,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.42,0:02:33.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Danes decided to make up a new name,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.56,0:02:34.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and since then,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.74,0:02:38.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tens of thousands of Danish people\Nhave been living in this connected way.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.47,0:02:43.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's being pursued\Nmore widely around the globe
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.86,0:02:46.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as people are seeking community.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.44,0:02:48.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This concept
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.82,0:02:51.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is cohousing.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.62,0:02:56.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cohousing is an intentional neighborhood\Nwhere people know each other
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.90,0:02:58.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and look after one another.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.91,0:03:01.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In cohousing, you have your own home,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.43,0:03:04.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you also share significant spaces,\Nboth indoors and out.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.04,0:03:07.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before I show you\Nsome pictures of cohousing,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.38,0:03:10.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd like to first introduce you\Nto my friends Sheila and Spencer.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.50,0:03:14.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I first met Sheila and Spencer,\Nthey were just entering their 60s,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.46,0:03:17.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Spencer was looking ahead\Nat the end of a long career
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.21,0:03:18.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in elementary education.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.96,0:03:20.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he really disliked the idea
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.72,0:03:23.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that he might not have\Nchildren in his life
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.25,0:03:24.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,upon retirement.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.05,0:03:28.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're now my neighbors.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.50,0:03:31.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We live in a cohousing community\Nthat I not only designed,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.54,0:03:32.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but developed
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.72,0:03:34.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and have my architecture practice in.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.20,0:03:38.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This community is very intentional\Nabout our social interactions.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.51,0:03:40.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So let me take you on a tour.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.50,0:03:44.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From the outside, we look like\Nany other small apartment building.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.74,0:03:47.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, we look identical\Nto the one next door,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.42,0:03:49.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,except that we're bright yellow.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.27,0:03:52.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Inside, the homes are fairly conventional.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.68,0:03:55.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We all have living rooms and kitchens,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.21,0:03:57.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bedrooms and baths,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.14,0:04:00.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there are nine of these homes\Naround a central courtyard.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.55,0:04:01.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This one's mine,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.45,0:04:04.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this one is Spencer and Sheila's.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.94,0:04:07.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The thing that makes this building\Nuniquely cohousing
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.60,0:04:08.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are not the homes,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.74,0:04:11.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but rather, what happens here --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.43,0:04:16.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the social interactions that happen\Nin and around that central courtyard.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.91,0:04:18.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I look across the courtyard,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.62,0:04:20.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I look forward to see Spencer and Sheila.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.66,0:04:22.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, every morning,\Nthis is what I see,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.72,0:04:25.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Spencer waving at me furiously\Nas we're making our breakfasts.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.06,0:04:29.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From our homes, we look down\Ninto the courtyard,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.14,0:04:31.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and depending on the time of year,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.95,0:04:33.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we see this:
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.33,0:04:36.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,kids and grownups in various combinations
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.76,0:04:39.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,playing and hanging out with each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.14,0:04:41.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a lot of giggling and chatter.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.48,0:04:43.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a lot of hula-hooping.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.07,0:04:47.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And every now and then,\N"Hey, quit hitting me!"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.36,0:04:50.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or a cry from one of the kids.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.16,0:04:52.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are the sounds of our daily lives,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.58,0:04:55.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the sounds of social connectedness.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.48,0:04:59.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the bottom of the courtyard,\Nthere are a set of double doors,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.89,0:05:01.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and those lead into the common house.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.50,0:05:06.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I consider the common house\Nthe secret sauce of cohousing.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.38,0:05:07.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the secret sauce
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.57,0:05:10.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it's the place\Nwhere the social interactions
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.47,0:05:12.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and community life begin,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.01,0:05:16.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and from there, it radiates out\Nthrough the rest of the community.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.69,0:05:22.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Inside our common house,\Nwe have a large dining room
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.25,0:05:24.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to seat all 28 of us and our guests,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.86,0:05:27.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we dine together three times a week.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.16,0:05:30.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In support of those meals,\Nwe have a large kitchen
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.97,0:05:33.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that we can take turns\Ncooking for each other
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.49,0:05:34.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in teams of three.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.75,0:05:36.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that means, with 17 adults,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.10,0:05:40.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I lead cook once every six weeks.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.57,0:05:42.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Two other times, I show up\Nand help my team
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.97,0:05:44.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the preparation and cleanup.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.80,0:05:46.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And all those other nights,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.38,0:05:47.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just show up.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.42,0:05:50.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have dinner, talk with my neighbors,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.90,0:05:53.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I go home, having been fed\Na delicious meal
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.27,0:05:56.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by someone who cares\Nabout my vegetarian preferences.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.24,0:06:01.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our nine families\Nhave intentionally chosen
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.60,0:06:03.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an alternative way of living.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.84,0:06:05.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead of pursuing the American dream,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.98,0:06:08.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where we might have been isolated\Nin our single-family homes,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.90,0:06:10.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we instead chose cohousing,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.47,0:06:13.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that we can increase\Nour social connections.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.38,0:06:16.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's how cohousing starts:
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.26,0:06:17.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a shared intention
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.94,0:06:19.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to live collaboratively.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.45,0:06:22.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And intention is the single most\Nimportant characteristic
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.35,0:06:25.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that differentiates cohousing\Nfrom any other housing model.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.72,0:06:28.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And while intention is difficult to see
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.79,0:06:30.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or even show,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.65,0:06:33.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm an architect, and I can't help\Nbut show you more pictures.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.62,0:06:35.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So here are a few examples to illustrate
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.71,0:06:37.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how intention has been expressed
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.01,0:06:40.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in some of the communities I've visited.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.46,0:06:44.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Through the careful\Nselection of furniture,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.72,0:06:48.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lighting and acoustic materials\Nto support eating together;
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.06,0:06:52.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the careful visual location\Nand visual access
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.21,0:06:56.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to kids' play areas around\Nand inside the common house;
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.40,0:07:01.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the consideration of scale
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.76,0:07:04.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and distribution of social gathering nodes
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.57,0:07:07.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in and around the community\Nto support our daily lives,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.91,0:07:11.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all of these spaces help\Ncontribute to and elevate
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.28,0:07:12.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the sense of communitas
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.62,0:07:13.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in each community.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.07,0:07:16.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What was that word? "Communitas."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.12,0:07:22.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Communitas is a fancy social science way\Nof saying "spirit of community."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.76,0:07:26.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in visiting\Nover 80 different communities,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.25,0:07:28.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my measure of communitas became:
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.73,0:07:31.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How frequently did residents eat together?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.84,0:07:34.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While it's completely up to each group
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.97,0:07:37.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how frequently they have common meals,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.41,0:07:41.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know some that have eaten together\Nevery single night
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.47,0:07:43.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the past 40 years.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.30,0:07:45.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know others
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.24,0:07:48.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that have an occasional potluck\Nonce or twice a month.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.75,0:07:51.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And from my observations, I can tell you,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.77,0:07:53.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those that eat together more frequently,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.88,0:07:56.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,exhibit higher levels of communitas.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.17,0:08:00.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It turns out, when you eat together,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.99,0:08:03.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you start planning\Nmore activities together.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.20,0:08:06.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you eat together,\Nyou share more things.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.40,0:08:08.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You start to watch each other's kids.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.20,0:08:11.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You lend our your power tools.\NYou borrow each other's cars.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.14,0:08:12.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And despite all this,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.58,0:08:15.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as my daughter loves to say,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.12,0:08:18.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everything is not rainbows\Nand unicorns in cohousing,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.28,0:08:23.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm not best friends\Nwith every single person in my community.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.08,0:08:25.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We even have differences and conflicts.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.41,0:08:30.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But living in cohousing,\Nwe're intentional about our relationships.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.68,0:08:34.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're motivated\Nto resolve our differences.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.09,0:08:36.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We follow up, we check in,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.45,0:08:39.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we speak our personal truths
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.56,0:08:40.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, when appropriate,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.73,0:08:42.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we apologize.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.99,0:08:48.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Skeptics will say that cohousing\Nis only interesting or attractive
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.15,0:08:49.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to a very small group of people.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.43,0:08:51.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'll agree with that.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.65,0:08:54.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you look at Western cultures\Naround the globe,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.01,0:08:57.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those living in cohousing\Nare just a fractional percent.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.91,0:09:00.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that needs to change,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.17,0:09:03.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because our very lives depend upon it.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.82,0:09:08.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 2015, Brigham Young University\Ncompleted a study
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.53,0:09:13.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that showed a significant\Nincrease risk of premature death
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.28,0:09:15.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in those who were living in isolation.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.90,0:09:19.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The US Surgeon General\Nhas declared isolation
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.32,0:09:20.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be a public health epidemic.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.42,0:09:25.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this epidemic\Nis not restricted to the US alone.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.18,0:09:29.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when I said earlier
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.28,0:09:32.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that cohousing\Nis an antidote to isolation,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.77,0:09:35.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what I should have said
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.41,0:09:38.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that cohousing can save your life.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.84,0:09:43.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I was a doctor, I would tell you\Nto take two aspirin,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.82,0:09:45.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and call me in the morning.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.54,0:09:47.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But as an architect,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.88,0:09:50.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to suggest\Nthat you take a walk with your neighbor,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.93,0:09:52.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,share a meal together,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.28,0:09:54.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and call me in 20 years.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.01,0:09:57.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.31,0:10:01.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)