Here’s another buzzword to add to your vocabulary: Friction maxxing.
It’s the idea of pushing back against technology stripping all the friction out of our lives — something that’s become easier and easier to do in modern life.
It’s about deliberately rebuilding a tolerance for so-called inconveniences, the kinds of small frictions that are often just part of sharing a life and space with other people.
Director of the New Zealand Institute Wellness and Resilience, Dr Denise Quinlan and self-described 'recovering pessimist' joins Emile Donovan to discuss whether this new trend has merit.
Father and son looking on sunset at the sea Photo: Soloviova / AFP
