I’ve got to say that the notion of people choosing loneliness and being happy with that “choice” is quite alien to me. Obviously human beings are incredibly various, as the existence of monastic living proves, but relinquishing the romantic ideal seems so backwards from what human beings need to survive - namely meaning and purpose derived from close community and consistent companionship. When I look out at the world and its peoples today, I see so many people desperately wanting more of each other and getting a lot less, which I explored here: weirdcatastrophe.substa…