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What is it that keeps us from being closer to other human beings ?

What causes us to withhold from other human beings ? Answers might be what people find that brings them closer to others, things they may do on a day to day basis.

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    Erik Richardson 500+

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    Feb 24 2013: We have lost sight of the classical understanding that being closer to other people is a central part of what it means to live the "good life." The reasons this has happened are complex, and embedded in a variety of historical paradigm shifts, but a powerful and consistent dynamic helping to explain this is that if the wolves can convince each of the sheep that it is already separated from the herd, then it is so much easier to control.

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