Josh, Living Fossils:
"Just because a person does not feel bad, however, doesn’t mean their outcomes, from an evolutionary perspective, are promising. Living alone in the middle of nowhere, while removing much of the potential for negative emotions associated with social life—not only loneliness, but also envy, shame, anger, and so forth—sacrifices the chance of social rewards for the sure thing of avoiding social costs. A hermit doesn’t check over their shoulder for what everyone else is doing; they needn’t worry if they said the wrong thing to someone; they don’t have the opportunity to covet what someone else has. However, they also have nobody to check on them if they come down with an illness; no one to lend them money if their cabin burns down; no one to have and raise children with; and so on."
"Just because a person does not feel bad, however, doesn’t mean their outcomes, from an evolutionary perspective, are promising. Living alone in the middle of nowhere, while removing much of the potential for negative emotions associated with social life—not only loneliness, but also envy, shame, anger, and so forth—sacrifices the chance of social rewards for the sure thing of avoiding social costs. A hermit doesn’t check over their shoulder for what everyone else is doing; they needn’t worry if they said the wrong thing to someone; they don’t have the opportunity to covet what someone else has. However, they also have nobody to check on them if they come down with an illness; no one to lend them money if their cabin burns down; no one to have and raise children with; and so on."
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