
Eric Barker: How Do We Overcome Loneliness?
Metaphysical Milkshake with Rainn & Reza
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Social Media and Relationships
We talk a lot about social media and how it connects to loneliness. But you also have some surprising things to say about what we can learn from them. You know, the real issue that's clear is when social mediam cannibalizes face-to-face time. If you do have healthy relationships and some of your friends live far away, then, hay, great. That allows you to stay and touch with them. The issue is, we just don't want it to completely take over the limited amount of social time that we have. I analogize it to desert, where if youl eat chocolate cake for every meal, then it's replacing real food, and that's a bad
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