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the ancient bet that surviving together beats surviving smart, paid out in friends.
means The trait or tendency to seek out and enjoy the company of others, getting along easily in social situations.
from From the Latin 'sociabilis,' meaning able to be joined or united, built on 'socius'—a companion, ally, or sharing partner. That same 'socius' seeds a whole tribe of English words: society, social, associate, even soccer (a clipping of 'association football'). The abstract '-ity' ending arrived through French, turning the quality of being companionable into a noun you could weigh and measure—the 'ability' to be a 'socius.'
- oxytocin
- the bonding hormone that makes trust feel good
- dunbar's number
- brains cap stable relationships around 150 people
- loneliness cost
- isolation rivals smoking for early mortality risk
- yawn contagion
- catching yawns scales with how close you are
- gut link
- social ease partly wired through your microbiome
bonfire night gatherings — uk tradition since 1605 where communities gather annually on november 5th to socialize around bonfires
spanish paseo — evening promenade tradition in spanish towns where residents walk and socialize in public squares
japanese izakaya culture — after-work social drinking tradition in japan where coworkers bond in casual taverns