After reading Idahl's thread on existentialism issues, I escaped to CBC news and found this
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/touch-...tion-1.4363121 article about the importance of human contact in wellbeing. We need other people, family, friends and even strangers.
Quotes:
Our brains are attuned to combining information from our five senses. And when much of our time is spent engaging with social media, which relies on visual and sound cues alone, it's easy to forget the power of touch, the researchers said. They imagine a way to literally reach out and touch a friend online instead of just "liking" a post or texting an emoji.
'It just requires two bodies doing a very natural thing, socially appropriate and yet it seems to have a very specific effect.'
- Katerina Fotopoulou
In person, a hug or caress goes a long way.
"It just requires two bodies doing a very natural thing, socially appropriate and yet it seems to have a very specific effect … that is very plausible given everything else we know in neuroscience and psychology about opioids, oxytocin, all these systems that mediate social bonding."