[vonholstein]

This may seem somewhat out there, very uninformed or misanthropic, but I've been thinking about basic human needs(emotion,ego,the desire for companionship - both spiritual and otherwise) as vestigial evolutionary artifacts. Evolution and the survival of the human race required collaboration, those who did not died and failed to pass on their genes.

In the modern age though, I could argue that close collaboration is not a necessity for survival or even success, and as such why cant a portion of humanity thrive without the need for extensive social contact?

[alfwiefjalwe]

Some portion of humanity can undoubtedly thrive with limited/no social contract, but for the majority of us these "evolutionary artifacts" are still very real and consequently still exert a very real force on our lives.

Until the day comes that we are able to (if we are able to) remove these drives, neglecting them will continue to have deleterious effects.

[Dumblydorr]

Because our bio chemistry dictates close human connection, though as always in biology there are exceptions.