I think one of the big self scarring we will look back on will be
the way we were put in these little boxes, separated into families
and even smaller units. I think it happened organically, maybe
accidentally, but it had a certain evolutionary advantage on the
productivity of the nation. People were born with an unmet need.
This was useful. The need for a tribe is still compelling people
to work for the organisations and corporations.
I see this need in myself. The amount of social interaction is
never right as it is. Either I am alone too much and start
getting gloomy, or I am with other people and am overstimulated.
The perfect social organisation for me was living with housemates.
You could spend time with people in a casual way without need for
some pre-arranged activities.
This is why people go to the office. I am pretty sure of it. It's
a social setting where you have a subtle level of control over
the amount of socializing you are willing to take.
It may be that the office has even pushed aside the religious
congregations. Especially the protestants have worked hard to
individualise the members and to make the events more boring.
Loosening of the tribe has ended up into a religion of the
factory.
