People can generally tell when you’re friends with them for instrumental reasons rather than because you care about them or genuinely value their company. If they don’t at first, they will eventually, and in general, people don’t like being treated as tools. Trying to “optimise” your friend group for something like interestingness is just shooting yourself in the foot, and you will miss out on genuine and beautiful connections.
People can generally tell when you’re friends with them for instrumental reasons rather than because you care about them or genuinely value their company. If they don’t at first, they will eventually, and in general, people don’t like being treated as tools. Trying to “optimise” your friend group for something like interestingness is just shooting yourself in the foot, and you will miss out on genuine and beautiful connections.