Jonathan Franzen Quotes
There Are Obvious Psychological Stresses On A Person In A Group, But There May Be Even Greater Stresses On A Person In Isolation. Most Higher Primates, Including Humans, Are Intensely Social, And There Are Few Examples Of Individuals Surviving Outside Of A Group. A Modern Soldier Returning From Combat Goes From The Kind Of Close-knit Situation That Humans Evolved For Into A Society Where Most People Work Outside The Home, Children Are Educated By Strangers, Families Are Isolated From Wider Communities, Personal Gain Almost Completely Eclipses Collective Good, And People Sleep Alone Or With A Partner. Even If He Or She Is In A Family, That Is Not The Same As Belonging To A Large, Self-sufficient Group That Shares And Experiences Almost Everything Collectively. Whatever The Technological Advances Of Modern Society - And They're Nearly Miraculous - The Individual Lifestyles That Those Technologies Spawn May Be Deeply Brutalizing To The Human Spirit.
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