The Importance of Micro Friendships

Michael Wolraich: There's a real value in these brief encounters, these casual interactions we have with people. He says Aristotle had the idea long ago that we're social animals and without friends he said no one would choose to live. And so cut off from relationships as we were during the pandemic took a real toll on the mental health of Americans and people worldwide,. Kolraich: These micro relationships are also important. They're not close, intimate, deep relationships, but they're part of our being social animals.