Social Connection
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Social media, video calls, and endless chats promise connection, yet millions report feeling lonelier than ever. The reason lies in our wiring: our brains evolved for face-to-face tribes of about 150, not thousands of shallow links online.

Brainstorming promises creativity, but too often collapses into conformity. The roots lie in evolutionary instincts for harmony, hierarchy, and quick consensus-instincts mismatched with modern collaboration.

You open your phone for one quick check-and an hour disappears. It's not weakness, it's wiring: instincts tuned for novelty, social monitoring, and survival now collide with infinite feeds designed to exploit them.