21 Dec 2024

David Robson: Avoid being a toxic friend

From Saturday Morning, 8:40 am on 21 December 2024

Photo: Supplied/David Robson

Award-winning science writer David Robson explores the extremes of the human brain, body and behaviour.

While writing his recent book The Laws of Connection, which examines science-based strategies to transform your social life, he discovered something surprising about friendships: that unpredictable fairweather friends are more hurtful than people we expect to be unpleasant. 

David's compiled a check-list on how to avoid being an "accidental frenemy". He shares his findings with Mihi.