The Convoy Model of Social Relations

  Do you have your own ‘social convoy’? By this, we mean significant friends, family members, and colleagues. Those who have a special place in your heart or are lifelong friends. In fact, we all need characters like these in our daily lives. They’re the kinds who work with you as a team. They’re with you through thick and thin all through your life. Unchosen loneliness is a black hole for which we, as a species, aren’t prepared. The brain is a social entity that developed and evolved through interaction with other groups of people. Indeed, these brains of different…