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that in general we're just too negatively biased in how we believe other people are going to perceive us.

And one of the best examples of this is a phenomenon called the liking

gap is when you first have a conversation with someone. You know, you can have a great conversation,

you can find the other person like really charming interesting

smart funny you really like them but you go away from the conversation and you assume they didn't

feel the same way about you you know if you look to evolution we know how important social connection

it's like why have we evolved to have this barrier that is essentially making us

feel more distant from the people around us than we need to.

I think fundamentally what's wrong is that we're anchored in any negative experiences,

even though they're very rare, it can be so hurtful when we do find that someone didn't like us as much as we thought they did,

that we become overly cautious, overly pessimistic.

There's just more potential for us to experience the liking gap.

We don't have enough time with all of these people to overcome those biases

and to really realize how they actually feel about us. Hello and welcome to Everford Radio I'm your host Chase Shooning certified health

coach wellness entrepreneur army veteran and today I am joined all the way from

across the pond with David Robson he is an award-winning science writer specializing in the

upon upon with David Robson. He is an award-winning science writer specializing in the extremes of the human brain, body, and behavior.

And in today's episode, we are diving into his latest work around the laws of connection.

David's groundbreaking study reveals how social connections are far more important than we thought,

showing us the steps we can take to build better relationships and improve our lives.

In our conversation today, David is going to be describing the psychological barriers that lead

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