I feel like a lot of the advice on overcoming loneliness puts all of the onus on the individual to make friends through talking to people and joining groups etc. and yes, obviously you won't overcome loneliness through inaction, but I really wish there was more talk about how social structures are a major component to the ease with which we make friends, and how we could potentially redesign social structures to facilitate that.
for instance, the reason why it's easier to make friends in college is literally because college is set up for lots of serendipity and rubbing elbows in ways that post-college isn't. are there fun experiments we could try in order to design for organic interaction outside of an institution like a school or workplace? I've thought a little bit about this but it would be fun to have larger-scale convos about it.
for instance, the reason why it's easier to make friends in college is literally because college is set up for lots of serendipity and rubbing elbows in ways that post-college isn't. are there fun experiments we could try in order to design for organic interaction outside of an institution like a school or workplace? I've thought a little bit about this but it would be fun to have larger-scale convos about it.