What goes unchallenged is the article&#x27;s assumption that people with more friends are happier (I think?)<p>I have a <i>much</i> better social life now than I did when I was younger. Younger was lots of sort-of-friends, who I didn&#x27;t really like, based on convenience&#x2F;availability.<p>I have far fewer friends now, but I&#x27;ve known many of them 10+ years and like them much more than my childhood friends.