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Reminds me of this good read on bad friends: https://aeon.co/essays/when-a-friendship-turns-sour-more-than-feelings-get-hurt https://aeon.co/essays/when-a-frien
by bernardino 8y ago
Reminds me of this good read on bad friends: https://aeon.co/essays/when-a-friendship-turns-sour-more-than-feelings-get-hurt https://aeon.co/essays/when-a-friendship-turns-sour-more-tha.... It concludes by arguing it’s better to have bad friends than no friends at all. Though I’m not entirely convinced.
- jackhack 8y agoI can confidently say I disagree with that conclusion. As Jim Rohn famously said, you are the average of the five people you spend the most time with. While I don't completely agree because I think think "time" can also be interpreted to include reading-the-works-of, I think those five people (either in-person or remote) exert a lot of influence. They help shape your ideas, and provide boundaries or gateways to your thoughts through their feedback.