Thanks For Asking Interview: Making and keeping friends as a grown-up with Marisa Franco
Oct 15, 2024
Marisa Franco, a professor and author of "Platonic: How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make—and Keep—Friends," dives into the nuances of adult friendships. She discusses the rise of loneliness and how tech is shaping social connections, highlighting the importance of platonic love for mental health. Franco emphasizes how our childhood perceptions of love affect adult relationships and offers insights on navigating social interactions. This conversation offers invaluable tips on strengthening friendships amidst life's challenges.
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Loneliness As A Public Health Crisis
- Loneliness is an urgent public health issue that rivals smoking in mortality impact.
- Marisa Franco links modern tech and mobility to declining communal bonds and rising loneliness.
Technology And Mobility Hollow Community
- Industrialization, television, and smartphones progressively eroded everyday social life.
- Marisa Franco traces loneliness' growth across the 20th and 21st centuries as leisure shrank into private spaces.
Individualism Undermines Connection
- American individualism valorizes self-reliance in ways that harm social connection.
- Franco argues denying the human need for support disconnects us from parts of ourselves.