A short conversational excerpt from a YouTube video arguing that human connection is fundamental. Speakers emphasize that humans are social beings, describe solitude as punitive, and use personal anecdotes (e.g., befriending Uber drivers) and extroversion as examples of why relationships matter.
Because of relationships that's always been there, that has always been ingrained. I get it really, from my mother. And so I look at that coming from her. And my father was all about family, my mother's friends, connections. Let's make those relationships. And I've come to realize and seeing that, like, we are a.
Species where connection is key.
We don't live in solitude. We don't live. I mean, that's why solitude, confinement is such a punishment, right?
Like, we need connection. So I feed.
Especially as an extrovert, I feed off.
Of connections.
I feed off of those relationships. Like, I'm the person in the back of the Uber. My girlfriend loves to joke about it because, like, I'm making friends with my Uber drivers. Like, I'm sitting there for an hour chatting with them because everyone's got a story. I'm not sitting here. Like, let me just sit on my phone and Google and whatever. It's like, no, like, let's have a conversation.