Research suggests that pandemics are more likely to reduce rather than build trust in scientific and political authorities.

    • spooky2092@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      2 days ago

      So it’s a skill/personality issue then.

      I have kept up with friends I made and live across the country from me. If you lost touch with friends that live near you, you either didn’t try hard enough to keep touch or they chose to let friendship with you wither away. You have access to technologies that allow you to get text, audio and video in real time with someone on the other side of the world. Losing touch with a friend means one or both of you didn’t care enough to do the work to keep it up.

      If physical proximity is the only thing keeping your friends around, you didn’t have friends, you had acquaintances who you misjudged their participation in the relationship. I’ve had plenty of “friendships” go this way as well, but the people I care about I make a point to stay engaged with, even if it’s not as often as I should.