Laurie R. Santos

American psychologist

  1. Half of men have the number of friendships that they used to have a decade ago. Around 15% of American guys in midlife these days are saying, yeah, I have no close friends at all.
    Laurie Santos · Plain English with Derek Thompson · The Surprising Truth About America's Friendship Crisis · 2026-06-02
  2. Dude friendships were the norm for most of human history. Rewind to classical Greece and you'll find the tragic bromances of Achilles and Patroclus where literal warrior dudes openly wept when Patroclus died.
    Laurie Santos · Plain English with Derek Thompson · The Surprising Truth About America's Friendship Crisis · 2026-06-02
  3. One of the pressures men have in midlife is this pressure to provide, this idea that men are the breadwinners and you gotta work. That pressure prevents them from having the time for social connections.
    Laurie Santos · Plain English with Derek Thompson · The Surprising Truth About America's Friendship Crisis · 2026-06-02