Hanging out is hard as an adult.
So this afternoon, we took on that problem with Priya Parker of Group Life (also my wife) and Anya Kamenetz, who has written about the difficulty of figuring out friendship as an adult and as a fish out of water. We dug into the advice in Anya’s piece, and put together a plan to make your life less lonely — and maybe help beat back the advance of authoritarianism, too.
Why the epidemic of loneliness is a political crisis
How social media is the SnackWell cookie of friendship
Why you shouldn’t expect everything from your partner
How to figure out who’s going to host the potluck in a postfeminist age
Why the rise of the permanent guest, or “permaguest,” is a problem
How therapy is being weaponized to give people excuses not to show care
And how to grow your friending skills
Friendship is a skill you can learn — so get started by clicking on the video player above.
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