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How to reclaim intellectual intimacy in friendship

My closest friend from college and I used to stay up all night arguing about philosophy and politics and it felt like the most important thing we did together, but somewhere along the way we started avoiding anything controversial and now our conversations feel hollow even though we both miss the depth.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Friends have traded the discomfort of disagreement for the safety of superficial harmony, losing what made their connection vital.

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