The Dr. Pat Show: Talk Radio to Thrive By!: Is social media lessening the connections and relationships we have with people? Anthony Silard, Author of 'The Connection,' discusses the impact of recent technology.

Silard says that rather than helping us with our friendships, social media lessens the meaning of friends. He says it creates a world where there are no close friends but many acquaintances. He claims that we lose the meaning of friendships and even of our own happiness.