what makes a person interesting? - by emily north

as discussed by me, my friends, and the employees of the west village salt & straw

as someone who meets a lot of new people given my inclination to attend the opening of any envelope and as someone who dates quite a bit, i think a lot about what exactly makes a person interesting to me. this is obviously a very personal and malleable question, “interesting” is merely deemed by the sole recipient of a specific interaction. however, i do worry that it has become easier to appear interesting than it is to actually be interesting given our easy access to tools that are supposed feed our idiosyncrasies, washing away the work it takes to actually develop a unique opinion. i find…

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