
Bonus: Eric Barker Gives Daniel Pink Relationship Advice
The Next Big Idea
The Relationship Between Friendship and Self-Esteem
There's some research showing that when we become good enough friends with people, the boundary between ourselves can dissolve. When you put women in an MRI and mention their friend's name, their best friend’s name, the areas for self processing in the brain light up. Those are the kind of another self, you know, sort of friendships that we're going for.
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