I rarely post a link to someone else's article on my blog but I absolutely loved this essay by Walter Kirn that touches on friendship, loneliness and Facebook.
A Facebook Christmas Love Story (subtitle: How Facebook cured my holiday loneliness) was published in the New York Times Magazine on Sunday, December 20th. While a widely reported study co-authored by Nicholas Christakis of Harvard Medical School (published in this month's Journal of Personality and Social Psychology) suggests that loneliness is contagious, this essay suggests that when a lonely person reaches out, even digitally, they may find a satisfying connection.
I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!
P.S. Kirn is the author of Up in the Air~
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