Points of Failure
Points of Failure
Steve Cauthren
S4E27 - Social Atrophy
10 minutes Posted Mar 18, 2026 at 3:00 am.
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Tell us what you think On this episode, I explore the idea of social atrophy. Not as a flaw in who we are, but as something that develops when we spend less and less time engaging with the people around us. I talk about how modern life makes it easy to withdraw, why awkwardness and uncertainty are normal parts of interaction, and how avoiding those moments can slowly make connection feel harder than it actually is. If you’ve ever felt out of practice socially, noticed yourself pulling back fr...