Today’s guest post is by Jacob Hurwith.

With hundreds of miles open to habitation, people still tend to build their houses close to the houses of other people.

No matter the continent, no matter the culture, no matter the era, this is what we do.

To find an individual choosing to live completely alone in the world is so rare, we can conclude human beings need to live amongst each other for optimum survival.

We are compelled from within ourselves to group together.

Humans are social animals; it is our nature to be so, but what draws humans together to be social?

Social objects provide that reason. Social objects bind us together. The more important a social object is to us, the stronger it’ll bind us to others who also hold that social object. (more…)