Sunday, October 2, 2011
Are we capable for lives of solitude
I know that I could not live in a cabin by myself for more than a week. Humans are social beans we need our interaction with each other to make us whole. One of the punishments for people how break laws and are trouble makers in prison is solitary confinement. It is meant to drive you crazy because you have no interaction with any one. I personally feel that I don't spend enough time with my friends and I feel like I am left out because I have a full work load. Plus I feel like we make technology an essential part of our society so we don’t feel left out when we spend time alone. We always want to hang out with someone; we don’t like to spend time by ourselves. When we spend time by ourselves we wonder why no one wants to talk to me. We see being alone as a sign of being socially awkward. I think it all goes back to the noses question. Are we so used to all of the distractions that we want them in our life and without it, we feel like our life is not real? In feed when the kids lost their feed chip and when they were being reconnected, they were flipping out like a drug addict going through withdrawal
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i agree we need to be social in order to be sane!
ReplyDeleteWe need to talk to people to live a healthy lifestyle. If we all lived secluded lives we would never learn any common knowledge and we would all lack common sense. We NEED to be social for the world to work.
ReplyDeleteI liked how you compared how social interactions are needed and solitary confinement is punishment. We go through each day with millions of social interactions whether its between your teacher, boss, friends or even parents. Without these social interactions the world would be in chaos.
ReplyDeleteI dont think we need social interaction to be human, but I think we need it to feel human. Every insecurity that a person has revolves around society, so if you arent part of any society,like Thoreau, then I think you would feel secure.
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