"There's an agentic social network basically that I think is going to emerge that is not packaged as a dating app. It's packaged more as this operating system for relationships."
"Creating private moments and spaces is becoming increasingly difficult. But that's also why we entertain a lot at home. I now have a phone basket that I use to take everyone's phones away."
"Offices are more insular, with people in their own microcosms ignoring colleagues," workplace psychologist Craig Jackson told Cosmopolitan UK, noting the spike in noise-canceling headphone sales.
Mencius, the ancient Chinese philosopher, wrote centuries ago that friendship is one mind in two bodies. Modern science might add another layer: friendship is also one microbiota in two bodies.