Wednesday, June 23, 2021

Social Chemistry - Decoding the Patterns of Human Connection

by Marissa King (a blonde business woman who went to the Ivy League school in the USA Yale?)
© 2021

Chapter 2 - The Nature of Networks

page 37

Social media has not changed much in social networking.

page 38

Some people have more Facebook friends, and some people have more real life friends.

page 39

Some people have closer interactions with some, while others are more broad.

page 41

I did notice that non-White Americans seem closer to other people than White Americans.

page 42

Facebook friends are not real friends, often.

page 43

People may have strong relationships with some, but sometimes the ones that are maybe less popular give them the most opportunity.

page 44

It is unpredictable when a weak relationship will be your next "big break."

page 53

For me, I had a few "real" relationships as a kid, age 9, 10, and 11.  I've had other relationships, too, but, later on, "the glass was half empty."

page 58

Moving somewhere or getting a new job change our relationships...

page 60

People do clearly face social anxiety.

page 63

Relationships easily fade, like when moving away like when a kid, even on the verge of the rise of social media.

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