"man is a social animal" sounds all fluffy bunnies but what it means is that there are deep structures in your brain that try to kill you if your perception of your social status is too low. in Dunbar-number-sized social groups most people could clear this bar. most now can't
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Is there a specific reason you think it’s more like the bomb example than the deprivation of a resource? Is it because socialization doesn’t seem like the kind of thing that could be “stored” and therefore the pain must be self-inflicted?
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a resource that exists if a pattern recognition engine triggers and doesn't exist if it doesn't is very different from food or water
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