[rationalbeaver]

"Ikaria...named after the Greek island where a close-knit community helps extend people’s lifespans."

"Bader met Dadashi through an offline men’s group for discussing life, love and everything in the wake of Secret’s collapse and a rough romantic breakup. After just a few weeks of these meetups, they say they felt closer to each other than to most of their friends."

"Basically, since 2004, technology has created this monumental shift in the human social experience. We’re more connected than ever technically but all the studies show we’re lonelier than ever,” Bader explains. “It’s like eating McDonald’s to get healthy."

And the conclusion is to take VC money to make a slightly different McDonald's. I just can't even.