Recent research carried out at Duke University (North Carolina) suggests that longer working hours and the replacement of real by virtual social contacts have led to a generation of twenty- and thirtysomethings with fewer close friends. Many people lead such busy working and family lives that they fall out of touch with old friends and fail to make new ones. Forewarned is forearmed!
P.S. The quote in the title is attributed to Marlene Dietrich. For more pieces of wisdom about friendship, try Wikiquote!
1 comment:
I totally agree with what is said in this article. This also a striking paradox of our modern era: while there are plenty of ways to communicate with each other (cell-phone, MSN, e-mails, webcams...), the live contacts are more and more "superficial" and it is true that generally you can count your true friends on the fingers of one hand.
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