Is it true that "people need people?"?

Question

Are people "drawn" to be with others by 'need'? Is it true that we have fundimental needs: Food, Shelter, Social Interaction? Are other people really necessary for development and growth so much so that we actually 'need' to be social consistently?

This question is not asking if we can develop or grow in social terms or in any social aspect. The idea is asking if we 'need' to be social, not if we like, love or even want to be social.

Answer 1

Of course people need people... Do u see how screwed people get when their in solitary confinement? One guy came out and he only talked to birds, not humans. Plus people need people to the human race to continue, otherwise... we would all b non exsistent

Answer 2

Yes we do need people.

Ones achievements pass away and lose their value.

When a person is on his death bed, he doesnot say,"Oh please let me have a look at my trophies or medals or wealth."

At the death bed, one wants to see people who hold significance in ones life.

Answer 3

read Waldon by Henry David Thoreau

Answer 4

i'm an introvert and so people exhaust me

but even i need people, otherwise i'd have nothing to think about when i'm recuperating on my own - the way introverts get energised is by thinking about things, namely emotions, feelings, philosophies etc. and without people all these things would be meaningless.

therefore, even for people that can't be around other people for too long, there is a need to have people. so yes, there is a need to be social, otherwise there would be no point in existing - you'd have very little to think about, you wouldn't have language that made sense (language needs a social context) and in order to know you exist, you need to be able to include yourself in a social context too.

hope that was the sort of answer you were looking for

Answer 5

newsflash.. you need people to answer your question. so i guess people do need people

Answer 6

yes thats how we evolve into knowledge then wisdom,