Paul Eastwick

I mean, right?

We need group cohesion.

Like, we've had a hard day.

You know, who's going to provide the entertainment there?

The filters are mostly a waste of time.

The apps, mixed bag.

Okay.

So if we're setting the apps aside for a moment and we're going to try dating in other ways, I want to remind people of the existence of small groups of friends and acquaintances.

Wait, wait, wait.

What are those?

I've never heard of that.

So in person, you're talking about not on a chat line in person, not even on a chat line.

It's this radical idea where people would get together often over a shared activity or interest.

On multiple occasions.

And look, in school context, workplace context, sometimes friends and acquaintances just get together because it's fun.

And so to the extent that people once had networks like these and they have let them atrophy.

And this has happened at all ages.

It is true that the young folks today, high schoolers, they're not going out and hanging out in person as much as prior generations did.

But this is true for the rest of us as well.

We're not hanging out in person to the same extent.