Page |149 at once both individual and social. we are not fooling ourselves into seeing Because both individuality and sociality only what we hope to see. are fundamental to the human species, Humane have a deaocieed to we are fundamentally interdependent, ‘ag in their; Pant th ted by invisible. vet powerful create meaning in their interactions wit connec y paves det DP ? the world and with each other. We also threads. In exploring these threads, we . . ° have a deep need for making have also been led to questions about eoestions havend simedives “The how social forces can have effects on . : y ; . endividuals. how th ‘ag that biological structure we call our brain has in Tvl ‘nals (and roups) appl evolved to reward social connection, just particular pheno ° cent oe ‘onch? 5 as it rewards the satisfaction of hunger affect both behavior and biolo ad or thirst. The human biology that directs h biol k . hae and reflects these human needs is what OW OUT PIONOBY MAKES SOCIa we have termed the “social brain.” connection possible. We have used the phrase “invisible forces” to describe the It is worthwhile to reflect on the mechanisms that account for these range of invisible forces that we have effects that we essentially take for considered here. These forces operate at granted, and to suggest by analogy that several different levels, from the they can be investigated rigorously just molecular, to individual bodily as other phenomena, such as gravity or functions, to social groups, to societies, autonomic regulation, that also are not to species. They include such disparate immediately present to our visual or ideas as evolutionary selective pressure other senses can be studied. favoring social connectedness, Hinman minds are waperdlleled at anthropomorphism, loneliness, social ; ; ; connection, emergent phenomena discerning patterns in what they see connec tion ioa a wer bein , against a background of noise and 8 8 /_ transcendence, empathy, language as variation, and th