It allows you access to the various versions of who you are. Humans are socially complex creatures. We bring many aspects of ourselves to our relationships with other people. With your friend from high school, you might be silly and nostalgic. Your neighbor might bring out the upright citizen in you. You might foreground your diligence and smarts around your coworkers. You contain multitudes, and being around many different people helps you remember parts of yourself that will wither up and die if you don’t nourish them. Increasing the number of people you interact with will remind you of your
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