The Old-Fashioned Form of Friendship

The Old-Fashioned Form of Friendship
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In 2005, there was tremendous buzz all around about a new website that was going to make all things possible. It was called Facebook. It had been available at Harvard University the previous year. Now it was being rolled out to all .edu addresses. Just to demonstrate how crazy this became, universities and colleges at the time experienced a wave of new matriculations solely based on the hope of getting a Facebook account.

Jeffrey A. Tucker
Jeffrey A. Tucker
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Jeffrey A. Tucker is the founder and president of the Brownstone Institute and the author of many thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press, as well as 10 books in five languages, most recently “Liberty or Lockdown.” He is also the editor of “The Best of Ludwig von Mises.” He writes a daily column on economics for The Epoch Times and speaks widely on the topics of economics, technology, social philosophy, and culture. He can be reached at [email protected]