The Dispatch
Insights on Building Meaningful Connections
Practical strategies, research highlights, and thought-provoking perspectives on building your relationship infrastructure in a changing world. New articles every Tuesday.
July 29, 2026
In the current friendship recession, no group is struggling harder than young men. Consider that today: The share of American men with no close friends has risen fivefold since 1990, according to research from the Survey Center on American Life at AEI. Gallup’s research this year found American men aged 15–34 are among the loneliest people in the developed West. 1 in 5 […]
July 8, 2026
You have 800 Facebook friends, but you actually talk to maybe 12 of them. That gap isn’t a personal failing — it’s math. Specifically, it’s a number that shows up everywhere once you know to look for it: in HR departments sizing out divisions, in military planning, in the unconscious decision about who gets a wedding invite. The number is […]
June 22, 2026
The All-In Podcast’s real draw: four successful fathers who kept their friendship. The All-In Podcast started in 2020 as a weekly Zoom poker game among four guys — Chamath Palihapitiya, Jason Calacanis, David Sacks, and David Friedberg — trying to keep it alive during lockdown. Now it’s one of the most influential podcasts in tech. Ask most men why they listen, and […]