If I was to start a company at this point, it would probably be focused on this problem. I'm not sure what though, because I worry that anything which would be profitable wouldn't be really incrementally solving the problem.
Maybe a MOOC which taught courses like:
- How to arrange an outing with friends: logistics and communication
- How to follow up after you've just met someone
- How to loop a new person into a conversation among folks who know each other
- How to continue a conversation after someone said something awkward about the ever-present march of time and our bodies' unstoppable march toward death
- How to help a friend talk through a problem which is emotionally distressing for them
- How to introduce a friend to someone you think they might be romantically compatible with
- How to tell exceedingly dorky jokes with excellent timing so as to put someone at ease
Maybe a MOOC which taught courses like:
- How to arrange an outing with friends: logistics and communication
- How to follow up after you've just met someone
- How to loop a new person into a conversation among folks who know each other
- How to continue a conversation after someone said something awkward about the ever-present march of time and our bodies' unstoppable march toward death
- How to help a friend talk through a problem which is emotionally distressing for them
- How to introduce a friend to someone you think they might be romantically compatible with
- How to tell exceedingly dorky jokes with excellent timing so as to put someone at ease
Or other things.