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I’m most surprised by the time with friends. I expected it to peak later and be higher. I wonder whether it counts roommates.

I know that spending less time with friends has been a particularly difficult aspect of aging for me, and I expect similar for many people.

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I was just discussing this thread with a friend of mine and we agreed on the same thing. Taleb has a line about college being the closest thing to a natural social state in the Western world. I think our brains feel comfortable in some sort of regular, persistent social milieu, particularly one formed by close friends/family. We expect some sort of tribe to be around us. That doesn't mean some of us aren't introverts—I definitely am one—but as I get older the absence of my friend group constantly there in the background is really painful.

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