Friendship
topic on 3 shows · 5 statements across 4 episodes
the Knowledge Project 
Masters of Scale 
the a16z Podcast
5 statements about Friendship, every show
Hoffman: AI companions can be great companions, but not true friends
“And you're going to see all kinds of nutty people saying, oh, I have your AI friend right here. It's like, No, you don't. It's not a bi-directional relation. Maybe awesome companion, like just spectacular, but it's not a friend.”
Hoffman: You fail as a friend if you never discuss the friendship
“With the people that are your friends, if you're not every so often talking about the friendship, you're failing as a friend.”
Sinek: The circle of friends you can uninhibitedly brag to is smallest
“What I've learned is that there's even a smaller group, ironically, when things go unbelievably well, the person you want to call and just brag and be like, I freaking nailed it.”
Ury: Maintaining old friendships is a proxy for partner loyalty
“Of course, that's a hard thing to find out on a first date, but one proxy for that that I found is asking people about old friendships. People who have friendships from different phases of their life, do they hang on to people, or when they move, do they let t…”