The unexpected power of fleeting friendships

From Aristotle on, we’ve learned to see long-lasting relationships as more valuable. But what does that leave out? In Russian, a poputchik is a stranger you meet on a journey who you end up confessing everything to because you know you’ll never see them again. Like the English…

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