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The secret to making new friends as an adult (w/ Marisa G. Franco)

How to Be a Better Human

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The Importance of Sharing Vulnerability in Adulthood

Sociologist Rebecca G. Adams says that for friendship to be fostered, you need to have repeated unplanned interaction and this shared vulnerability. But we're often not as vulnerable in the workplace,. One study found that the more time people spend together at work, the less close that they feel. As adults, we don't have the same infrastructure we had as kids.

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