Wikipedia article about the friendship recession: the documented decline in close friendships and social connections, particularly among Americans since the 1990s. Data shows people have fewer close friends and spend less time socializing than previous generations.

Possible causes

• Bad urban planning which led to the destruction of inexpensive third places.
• Economic factors: as the value of wages have stagnated, people may choose to focus on work instead of investing time in friendships.
• Increased technology and social media usage: there are links between heavy social media and internet use and fewer friends and time spent with others.
• The COVID-19 pandemic: people were forced to limit their physical contact with their friends and could have lost touch.

The article also touches on the heavy health impact of loneliness. Interestingly enough, the article is rather light on details and has only been translated to one other language.

Update: Nick Gray created a dedicated website on the Friendship Recession. It is well worth your time.

I have Asthma, allergies, dyslexia, ADD, anxiety, and Depression.
But I will tell you that what you have does not define what you can become.
Why Not You!

• Noah Lyles, Olympic Champion.

Russel Barkley (a retired ADHD specialist) comments a video of Trevor Noah talking about ADHD and depression. It's always inspiring to witness celebrities sharing their mental health struggles. I learned that Simone Biles and Noah Lyles are diagnosed with ADHD.

Hey you,

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3. Seeing Depression or Anxiety only through the biomedical lens is wrong. Is Neoliberalism Making Our Depression and Anxiety Crisis Worse?.
4. Mental health is produced socially: The presence or absence of mental health is above all a social indicator and therefore requires social, as well as individual, solutions. We need new ways of treating depression.
5. Bio-like robots which all parts are printed as one at once by Additive Manufacturing.
6. I couldn’t really explain what is a waveform until I read this. Let’s learn about Waveforms. (This link does not work in Firefox, open it in Safari or Chrome).
7. How would you use Bitcoin as a display of wealth?
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