Category Archives: Friends

Making Friends, Losing Friends, And Balance Theory

Posted on October 12, 2023 by Luke Ford

I might not have the normal person’s access to feelings. I fear getting flooded by empathy, and so I usually stay behind a hard cynical exterior, and I keep most people at arm’s length. This will sound weird, but I … Continue reading →

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Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close (2020)

Posted on January 7, 2023 by Luke Ford

Here are some highlights from this book: * In the late 18th and 19th centuries, when it became common to marry for love, middle-class people began worrying that the couple would have no reason to stay married if their affections … Continue reading →

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Friendship: A History (2014)

Posted on January 7, 2023 by Luke Ford

Here are some highlights from this book: * The second half of the twentieth century saw the triumph of the particular form of intimate and reciprocal friendship traced in the preceding chapter. In Western societies, and especially in the individualized … Continue reading →

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The Seven Pillars Of Friendship (3-30-22)

Posted on March 30, 2022 by Luke Ford
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Friends: Understanding the Power of our Most Important Relationships

Posted on March 30, 2022 by Luke Ford

From this 2021 book by Robin Dunbar: * we tend to underestimate the significance of psychological wellbeing as the bedrock on which our success in life is founded. If our sense of wellbeing is significantly diminished for any length of … Continue reading →

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