Over the course of our evolutionary history, we found ourselves interacting with each other in order to fulfil some of our basic needs. We acknowledged that forming a group increased the sensation of safety and the efficiency in hunting food. But as resources have grown in abundance, and technology has enabled the intangible at our fingertips, people living and or working alone, (in theory) no longer need a ‘tribe’ or community. Biochemically, however, our brains and bodies still very much crave the hormones released during bonding experiences.

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