David Brooks Promo Clip
Clip: Season 6 Episode 10 | 1mVideo has Closed Captions
David Brooks breaks down the American relational crisis and our devolving social skills.
David Brooks breaks down the American relational crisis and our devolving social skills. Some of this, he says, is due to the influence of social media and economic inequality, but we also do not prioritize the use of such skills in schools or in homes.
David Brooks Promo Clip
Clip: Season 6 Episode 10 | 1mVideo has Closed Captions
David Brooks breaks down the American relational crisis and our devolving social skills. Some of this, he says, is due to the influence of social media and economic inequality, but we also do not prioritize the use of such skills in schools or in homes.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship- The number of people who say they have no close personal friends has quadrupled.
The number of people without a romantic partner is up by a third.
The number of people who say no one knows me well is 54%.
The amount of time we spend with friends is way down.
And so in case after case, we are having some relational crisis in this country.
And there are a lot of reasons for it, and some of it would be social media, obviously.
Some of it would probably be economic inequality.
But I think some of it is we just don't have the skills.
We don't have the social skills.
How do I have a good conversation with you?
How do I ask for forgiveness if I need forgiveness?
How do I break up with you without crushing your heart?
These are just skills.
How do I sit with someone who's depressed?
And there are skills that should be taught, and we're not teaching them in school.
And apparently, we're not teaching them at home.
And so a lot of my students that I've been teaching over the years, they just want these skills.
