When you've been alive for three thousand years, you learn that the best way to stop grieving the deaths of loved ones over and over is to simply live life alone.
- Immortal Keanu Reeves
it's also necessary to have other people because humans are sociable animals, basically, and do not do well on their own. we need interpersonal interactions and also physical touch of other people, that's just how it is, i dont make the rules.
it is aLSO true that nowadays everything is a lot more individualised than it used to be simply because we've got too much of everything and odn't need anyone to help us acquire things or help us do things.
we are lonelier, on average, i think.
Very true. But Reeves is talking specifically about a man who said he pittied single (as in romantic relationship) people. Reeves said nothing about being a hermit.
On a broad spectrum it's true, but there are always extreme cases... for maybe... 1-2% of the population social interaction is most likely detrimental (I honestly imagine it's closer to 10%).
Anyway, I think his point was more that... you get to pick your company, so when picking wise company it's better to be in a position where you don't need it in the first place... and then stating how one achieves such a position.
He is cryptic though.
it's perfectly okay to need people and "complete" each other as long as you are a whole, functional person on your own. nobody really likes to be alone but also nobody likes people cannot be alone for 5 mins to save their lives.
- Immortal Keanu Reeves
it is aLSO true that nowadays everything is a lot more individualised than it used to be simply because we've got too much of everything and odn't need anyone to help us acquire things or help us do things.
we are lonelier, on average, i think.
Anyway, I think his point was more that... you get to pick your company, so when picking wise company it's better to be in a position where you don't need it in the first place... and then stating how one achieves such a position.
He is cryptic though.