Positive people have more friends which is a key factor of happiness and longevity.

Most Americans watch Friends rather than having friends.

What really matters from the point of view of social capital and civic engagement is not merely nominal membership, but active and involved membership.

How well you do in life shouldn't depend on how well your parents did.

None of the people watching 'Big Brother' will bring you chicken soup if you get sick.

People may go to the library looking mainly for information, but they find each other there.

Social capital may turn out to be a prerequisite for, rather than a consequence of, effective computer-mediated communication.