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The Case for Drinking Alcohol
1HR 9M
We've spent a generation being told alcohol is poison. Philosopher Edward Slingerland says that's not the whole picture—and it could explain a lot about why we're so lonely.

I am not a big drinker by most people’s standards. I don’t do shots. I rarely drink alone. But a few times a week, usually over dinner or a long conversation with a friend, I’ll have a glass of wine or a beer. And over the years, I’ve noticed that those moments have a quality that’s hard to replicate any other way. Friendships that started over drinks i…

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