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I look at the connection thing this way: We're individuals, but also part of a greater organism; we have individual consciousness but also collective consciousness, and so when we are without the degree of interpersonal connection that best enables those parts of our consciousness we can feel less naturally fulfilled. But I think the degree to which this is true differs among people, how much time each of us needs alone and together, and what kinds of connections work best for us. Every contribution to the collective consciousness being unique.
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“We use our minds not to discover facts but to hide them. One of things the screen hides most effectively is the body, our own body, by which I mean, the ins and outs of it, its interiors. Like a veil thrown over the skin to secure its modesty, the screen partially removes from the mind the inner states of the body, those that constitute the flow of life as it wanders in the journey of each day.”
— Antonio R. Damasio, “The Feeling of What Happens: Body and Emotion in the Making of Consciousness” (p.28)
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