Scott Galloway#chartoftheweek
Friendship is dwindling — Americans report fewer close friends than they did thirty years ago.
Friendship is dwindling — Americans report fewer close friends than they did thirty years ago.
Michael Sokolov@profgalloway please stop posting this everywhere it's making me sad!! I def had more friends thirty years ago. What have I done to run them off you ask. Well I suppose I can take some comfort in the fact that all my ex friends are friendless too so there's that. Actually maybe this is just boomers pining for their frat house after all? My kids seem to have friends
Steve Washington@profgalloway That’s a pretty astonishing change over such a short period of time. Were the surveys conducted by two different organizations (American Perspectives and Gallup)? Wondering if that contributed to the differences, though the thrust likely remains the same. We can likely attribute factors to explain, but I’d be interested to hear what the researchers have to say.
joshgammon@profgalloway we are so very tired
Mayor McCheese@profgalloway This might make sense though, given the changes in lifestyle. Most folks no longer belong to the Moose or Elk. Even houses of worship are not as popular. Work can best be described as contingent, for that reason most people I know clearly separate their private from their professional lives.
Aaron Ghirardelli@profgalloway I have been living in the US for 12 years now and I can count on one hand the number of true friends that I have. And most of them are foreigners like me, living in the US.
Brendan OhUiginnWe make and keep friendships when we do things together in the real world.
Fewer of us are members of real world communities that do activities in the real world outside of a work environment.
Fewer of us are members of a church, synagogue, mosque, or temple.
Fewer of us are members of community orgs like 4H, Elks, Rotary, Legion, or many others.
Social media has the facade of a social network.
Social media is destroying our real-world social networks.
Steven Wirl@BOhUiginn @profgalloway this ☝️ Where’s the platform that augments our ability to stay informed about the things we value? And helps us to to do more of the things we love with friends that share those interests? We need more reality, not VR. We need to unite around the things we have in common, not be driven apart on issues where our opinions differ. Let’s build it…
Pippi & ObiJuan Pups@profgalloway As an introvert, I wonder if some of is, as we grow older & society is changing, we recognize people we might have considered close friends once were really just people in our social circle we did a lot of things with repeatedly. At 63, I can count true, lifelong friends on 2 hands with a few digits to spare. And that is totally okay with me. I also believe the adage: people come into your life for a reason, a season, or a lifetime. Many of the first, far fewer of the last.
Mrs Mouse at work@profgalloway what is a "close friend"?
HiFi@MrsMouse @profgalloway “would your close friend help you hide a body? y/n”
I agree, it needs qualified.
@MrsMouse @profgalloway real friends would drive all night, sooo… 12 hrs at 85mph, say 1000 mile radius roughly, and the body shouldn’t matter as long as it’s not like their child spouse siblings or parents, I suppose.
@HiFi @profgalloway
I mean, I might help an acquaintance depending on the body...
If someone I know sorta well comes to me with "I've got Rush Limbaugh in the back and I'm on my way to texas... " I'll probably be like "OK, I need to hear your plan."
I mean, I might help an acquaintance depending on the body...
If someone I know sorta well comes to me with "I've got Rush Limbaugh in the back and I'm on my way to texas... " I'll probably be like "OK, I need to hear your plan."
@MrsMouse @profgalloway the real question is why would they dig up his body?
(Other than taking that medal back from him)
@MrsMouse @profgalloway we agree- more clarification is needed in this survey. It’s using a sledgehammer to dissect a social issue that requires a scalpel.
@profgalloway maybe we’re just getting more selective.
John@profgalloway I recently watched a video of how The Third Place is increasingly less accessible/prominent in our car-centric, big-box-chain, stroad-ridden nation. I wonder if similar changes have been noted in other countries where places of communal gathering are more common, and public transit and walkability carry greater weight than highways and suburban sprawl.
olek@profgalloway do you know what could be the reason(s) for that?
Jolie Hawk@profgalloway I have quoted this study to every friend I have, and I’ve also reached out to a few people that seem more isolated. Life is too short to be lonely.
Ryan Schultz 🇺🇦Hey acquaintances, we need to have lunch more often. ;)