third places, stanley cup mania, and the epidemic of loneliness

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➤ SOURCES
Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community by Robert D. Putnam (2000)
The Great Good Place by Ray Oldenburg (1989)
https://rojospinks.substack.com/p/the-friendship-problem
https://www.today.com/food/news/starbucks-pink-stanley-cup-target-rcna132157
https://thetab.com/uk/2024/01/04/sephora-ten-year-olds-drunk-elephant-344343
https://1234kyle5678.substack.com/p/kids-cant-read-and-its-your-fault
https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2022/04/third-places-meet-new-people-pandemic/629468/
https://www.curbed.com/article/cost-of-living-nyc-calculator.html
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/22/us-cities-with-the-highest-cost-of-living.html
https://www.cnbc.com/2016/04/28/theres-6-billion-being-wasted-in-americas-spare-bedrooms.html
https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2019/07/planning-friend-hangouts-google-calendar/594586/
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/10/how-friendships-change-over-time-in-adulthood/411466/
https://www.wired.com/story/first-gen-social-media-users-have-nowhere-to-go/
https://www.businessinsider.com/social-media-dead-instagram-tiktok-bereal-replaced-group-chats-messaging-2023-8
https://www.go-cdc.org/2017/new-research-shows-that-helping-others-may-be-the-key-to-happiness/
https://www.forbes.com/health/mind/modern-dating-mental-health/
https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/07/26/third-places-strengthen-community-heres-how-we-can-rebuild-them

0:00 - the situation
7:03 - third places
21:30 - friendship is hard
26:41 - friction is good actually
36:21 - conclusion