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RELATIONSHIPS: Why Everything You Know About Them Is (Mostly) Wrong

RELATIONSHIPS: Why Everything You Know About Them Is (Mostly) Wrong

The Next Big Idea

June 9, 202253m 31s

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Show Notes

Eric Barker is not a people person. “Getting me to write a relationship book,” he says, “is like asking Godzilla to improve the infrastructure in your city.” But he did it anyway. Guided by leading social psychologists, Eric went on a journey to understand what he was getting wrong about relationships — and what he could do to turn things around. The result is “Plays Well With Others,” a guide to friendship, intimacy, loneliness, and belonging that our curator Daniel Pink says will “revitalize your life.”


THIS AND THAT:

Check out Eric’s blog, “Barking Up the Wrong Tree”

Try out Arthur Aron’s intimacy building questions

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