Starving: Getting along with others is, of course, a natural impulse. But it is also a high-wire act

Getting along with others is, of course, a natural impulse. But it is also a high-wire act. The risk is that you might not be able to distinguish your sense of self from your longing to be admired. One of the reasons I have avoided Facebook is that I can sense the software has been coded to nurture precisely these sorts of anxieties.