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The Loneliness Census

Measure isolation like air quality, block by block.

POSTED BY @ingrid · V1 · UPDATED 1 MONTH AGO

The Vision

Cities measure everything they intend to fix: particulates, potholes, noise. Loneliness - a mortality risk comparable to smoking - is measured nowhere. The Census adds four validated questions to instruments cities already run, and publishes an isolation map at district level, updated yearly. What gets mapped gets budgeted.

Main Features

  1. 01FOUR VALIDATED QUESTIONS ON EXISTING CITY SURVEYS
  2. 02DISTRICT-LEVEL ISOLATION MAP, PUBLISHED YEARLY
  3. 03BUDGET TRIGGERS TIED TO PERSISTENT RED ZONES
  4. 04EVERY INTERVENTION MEASURED AGAINST THE SAME MAP

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