www.patheos.com/blogs/unequallyyoked/2014/07/sondheim-symposium-on-friendship-sequence-index.html Leah (who is an excellent blogger who came up with the Ideological Turing Test), has a whole mini-sequence of posts about the nature and importance of friendships. As someone whose fantasy future involves living in the same house or just next door to my best friend(s), I am highly in favor of encouraging good strong friendships.