Introduction
The question "what are friends for" is a familiar yet uncomfortable one. It carries the suggestion that friendship has some ulterior motive, some utility. This is the question we are going to explore on this lens.
Different Ideas about the Purpose of Friendship
I've started with a couple of links I've found - please feel free to add more ideas
Social Networking
If Antony Brydon had used a social-networking application in 2000 to sell EMusic, he might have made an extra $30 million on the deal.0 points
Help in Need
We still nurture the illusion that the friends who enjoy our wine or our wit are somehow very attached to the real us, the vulnerable or dull or anxio...0 points
Making our World Bigger
What Medieval Monks Can Do For Us ...0 points
Deepening of the Spirit
says Khalil Gibran0 points
Continual regeneration of mental health
friends catalyze the same process that muscles go through when built: tear and heal, tear and heal0 points
What our friends reveal about us
Human nature is imitation; we automatically subconsciously copy the actions of those who are around us. In other words those who have a close friendsh...0 points
Contagion
Having close friends who are fat can nearly triple your risk of becoming obese0 points
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Discussion
- What are friends for?
- As social animals (most of us) there are strong forces driving us into social relationships. Some of these relationships may be described as dysfunctional; and this implies some norm of functional friendship that some relationships fail to satisfy.
- Political friendship
- Is political friendship healthy? Is it a good thing?
- Friendship and education
- This set of articles from Informal Education examines some key questions surrounding the theory and experience of friendship - and the significance for education and educators.
- Essay on Ulterior Motives
- Spiritual essay from Meaningful Life
- Ulterior Motives
- Personal reflections from Absolute Ginger
- Operating Systems & The Ulterior Motive Hypothesis
- Geek loses girl, blames Microsoft. (Or did I read that wrong?)
- Contagious
- The most important thing you can do is choose who you're hanging out with.
Books on ulterior motives
randomly selected by Amazon
Ulterior Motives (Sun Coast Chronicles Series #3)
Amazon Price: $10.39 (as of 10/12/2008)
Today's Ulterior Motives (Yaoi)
Amazon Price: $10.36 (as of 10/12/2008)
Tomorrow's Ulterior Motives (Yaoi)
Amazon Price: $10.36 (as of 10/12/2008)
Ulterior Motive (Urban Soul Presents)
Amazon Price: $6.99 (as of 10/12/2008)
Ulterior Motives
Amazon Price: $16.17 (as of 10/12/2008)
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Novels from Amazon
I haven't read any of these myself yet - please vote if you have.
Blog Posts from Google
search term "ulterior motive friendship"
- Visit Me As Your Friend (Please?), Says Mr. “Outgoing” PM
- I really hate to burst your bubble Mr. PM??but if you haven't realised it yet, most visitors t...
- Thursday 10 May 2007
- I have never been more angry. And what irks me also is that NO-ONE took it upon themselves to warn m...
- Movie Fanatic Rule Number 1: Diversify!
- Her one real friend, Bess Foster (?Brideshead's? Hayley Atwell), encourages Georgiana to pursu...
- Locked, Stuck and Two Smoking Bailouts
- Let's start with when you think your friend is in need of a bailout, putting aside for a second th...
Practical Books from Amazon
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