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Good new article from Daniel Pink on relationship regrets — it appears to be the topic of his next book and ostensibly keynote series — and it has some good pull quotes, including this bad boy:
Indeed. I think there’s a few different things at play here in terms of why this is a “hot topic” of late. First of all, COVID changed the very nature of friendship. The utopian narrative around COVID is “Everyone saw the value in humanity and began to love each other more deeply and embrace their relationships!” That’s a steaming pile of manure. COVID was massively divisive, and even if you didn’t get into the politics of everything, you still probably segregated your family somewhat in the name of policies and health safety. You became more insular, and that led to the decline in some relationships. Now, the good thing is that it probably strengthened some family relationships (unfortunately it also increased domestic violence and child abuse). But did it make us all better friends? No. Most people I know think they lost more friends in COVID than they gained, although sometimes they have fond memories of neighborhood pods.
The other thing to remember is that, naturally, we lose a good friend roughly about…
