WHY PEOPLE NEED OTHER PEOPLE

The best way to introduce the importance of human interaction is to demonstrate the dire consequences resulting from social isolation. Human beings are wired to be social. We need other people. We need to interact. Without interaction, our own sense of self cannot develop in any meaningful way.

Resources

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https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/almost-addicted/201801/solitary-confinement-torture-pure-and-simple

What Are the Effects of Loneliness and Social Isolation on Severe Mental Health?

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Can Tarzan of the Apes Survive in a Post-Colonial World?

Netflix Reimagines ‘The Jungle Book’ on Dark Thriller ‘Mowgli’

http://brittanydupont.blogspot.com/2013/03/pecos-bill.html 

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From Biosocial Anthropology to Social Biology: Some Thoughts on Intellectual Communities in the Post-war Sciences

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