The Science of Making Friends
I know people keep trying (unsuccessfully) to make startups that help you &quot;find friends&quot;, but it would be nice if one of these actually took off.<p>I currently live in an area where I find it somewhat difficult to make new friends, and I&#x27;m not entirely sure why that&#x27;s the case.  Generally speaking, the people where I live are more interested in football&#x2F;beer than technology&#x2F;startups, but I actually don&#x27;t think that is the reason for my difficulty — I am good friends with some football fanatics, and there are some technically-minded people who I can&#x27;t stand.  (And I certainly don&#x27;t mean to imply that there&#x27;s anything wrong with football and beer — I merely point out that these are not interests of mine!)<p>Honestly, I can&#x27;t quite figure out what causes me to mesh well with some people and not others.  I get along great with my girlfriend and my sister, and I can talk to them for hours even though neither is interested in science or technology.<p>And I don&#x27;t think it&#x27;s morals&#x2F;values either — I&#x27;m friends with people whose political views are completely opposed to my own.<p>If someone can figure out what actually causes people to &quot;click&quot; with one another, then I think a startup for making friends might actually be successful.