Humans Are Social Freaks
Aristotle had once said, “Humans are social animals”. True, it is our basic nature. We can’t survive outside society. To fulfill our different needs, we have different people in our society? The role based arrangement is well constructed. We deal with colleagues at office while we share our emotions with our friends, families. We need people for each stage of our life and we need them on a daily basis.
One of the blogs at computerworld starts as “Remember back in the day when we worked from 9-5, nights and weekends were reserved for friends and family, and never the twain shall meet?” It further says that “Now that an estimated 23% of American workers telecommute, many use online social networks as a way to stay connected to co-workers and colleagues. Those who are chained to a company desk often use (or sneak onto) Twitter or Facebook to stay in touch with friends outside of work.” It’s a clear indication that the way we network with people is changing. There are many tools which supports our growing demand of less time and more connection. This can be termed as the birth of new social connection, widely known as social media.
Ever since humans started getting the feel of civilization they started living in group, amongst people. There were several changes in the way of living but the basic nature of socializing never changed. It adopted new forms, new mediums and new flavor but essence remained same. Even today when we all feel the crunch of time we love to interact with friends, colleagues, families.
There’s a long research going on the need of socializing. Even the least of social people cracks under the pressure of bearing too much time alone. Why does that happen? What, scientifically, goes on inside a person’s body when they are alone for a prolonged amount of time, forcing them into insanity?
Why we crave to express our thoughts, emotions and ideas? Almost as if we crave to blossom our being among community. Why do we experience loneliness? Why is it that one cannot find contentment, joy, and happiness remaining alone?
These are some tough questions. Human beings have in evolutionary terms always been a ‘social group’. Without having access to other humans or cultures we cannot be human. Language, cognition, emotion, self are all closely intertwined with other people and shaped through numerous interactions from birth throughout adulthood. A very large part of our brains for instance, is mainly concerned with social interaction. Sociality is a defining feature.
Great and very realistic article!!! Our nature to be social is the essence of FB and Twiteer!!
How long has this blog been around? I have been searching for this kind of information for the past week and a half.
Yes, even taking it to ridiculous extremes such as virtual poke, tickle..sending virtual gifts..collaborative games – they all point to the same thing..our hunger to connect and communicate as a virtual village..even as ppl in the coming years get increasingly dispersed geographically, become more mobile, take up jobs in different cities.
Great and very realistic article!!! Our nature to be social is the essence of FB and Twiteer!!
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