Our Disposable Culture Means We Toss Relationships As Quickly As We Throw Away Objects
Another casualty of modern culture: your relationships.
Our throwaway culture isn't just making us callous about tossing away that old iPhone the second a new one comes out, even though the old iPhone was working just fine. It's also making us indifferent to old friendships. New research out of the University of Kansas finds that when we relocate, we're as likely to discard social relationships as we are replaceable objects.