Re:New Evidence for the Necessity of Loneliness
by pixl97 on Thursday May 19, 2016 @12:16PM
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> along with others, especially when they're not immediate neighbors or have to work together
That doesn't really mean much. It's not that they do or don't get along, it's that no challenge presents itself to define if they get along or not. The ability to get along is defined by surviving that challenge.
>I don't think people need to be bound by anything to get along.
Then why does hardship or shared experience make more closely bound couples?
> Everyone has had a wealth of life experiences they can share.
But only a few of those are actually interesting. When you go down to a club, even though there are a lot of people there, statistically you'll only talk to a few. Technology, in it's ability to erase communication distance, brings you closer to many more interesting people even though you don't see them.
That doesn't really mean much. It's not that they do or don't get along, it's that no challenge presents itself to define if they get along or not. The ability to get along is defined by surviving that challenge.
>I don't think people need to be bound by anything to get along.
Then why does hardship or shared experience make more closely bound couples?
> Everyone has had a wealth of life experiences they can share.
But only a few of those are actually interesting. When you go down to a club, even though there are a lot of people there, statistically you'll only talk to a few. Technology, in it's ability to erase communication distance, brings you closer to many more interesting people even though you don't see them.