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Most humans handle isolation VERY poorly. As Aristotle observed in his Politics--man is a political animal--by which he means that our need and desire for community/socialization is innate and central.

That is why there was so much resistance to lockdowns and the closing of social spaces--because the digital space pales in comparison--it does not actuallymeet the needs of people for socialization nearly as well as being in the company of actual people.

The survivalists from Alone would have done better than the average person--usually because I suspect they tend to be more introverted, thus their social requirements are lower (but still extant).

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