“We love the life stories of other people, and cannot be sated with too much such detail. Gossip is the means by which we learn and shape our social network.”
-Edward O. Wilson
Part of the reason why social media is so popular is because it feeds into our desire to learn about other people’s lives. The issue, however, is the lives presented to us are artificial which creates a superficial, often unfulfilling, social network.
Richard Reeves, from the below video, explains that loneliness is as bad as smoking 15 cigarettes a day. We've never been as connected as we are today yet we are as alone as we've ever been.
For 2025, make it a goal to meet some old friends or get to know new people.
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