Summary Of The Limits Of Friendship

In “The Limits of Friendship” and “What Is It about 20-Somethings?”, both Robin Marantz Henig (science journalist and author) and Maria Konnikova (psychologist from Harvard) write about the difficulties as a growing young adult. “The Limits of Friendship,” talks about the limit of friendships we can have and “What Is It about 20-Somethings” talks about the responsibilities young adults push aside. Two things they talk about are how social media and social development affect us. They are different but are also similar in some ways. Henig and Konnikova have similar ideas about social media affecting social development but discuss them differently. Konnikova talks about the biological limit of friendships we can sustain. The Dunbar number is a great example of our limits of friendships. The Dunbar number is the maximum number of people an
Konnikova’s description of our limits of friendships is a good example of Henig’s discussion of our limits of the responsibilities we have because they both describe how our brain develops and the different ways we limit our certain abilities. We are trained to limit ourselves to different situations and the amount we can handle. When we limit ourselves, we can then apply that to everyday life so that we do not overdue something. This can help use especially with social media. If we limit the amount of time we use social media, it decreases the likelihood we are to become addicted and we will not be on our phones 24/7. My definition of adulthood is reaching a level of maturity, gaining independence/independent of living with parents, and making good decisions. Social media can be good in the fact that you can keep in contact with friends and family living out of state. Social development can be good too in the way that it helps us function in society. We need social development to survive in