Sublime

What distance must I maintain between myself and others if we are to together construct a sociability without alienation, a solitude without exile? ROLAND BARTHES, HOW TO LIVE TOGETHER

social world of ours is highly structured into a series of circles, or layers, that also have very distinct sizes, each of which is associated with very specific frequencies of contact,

social disposition (how nice you are to people in general – your natural social style),

In other words, there seems to be a divergence in network size with age between the two sexes. Women became more social, men less

everyone, women included, harbors the same basic instincts. People form social alignments with one another whenever such arrangements benefit or enhance each person’s chances of survival and replication. Our attraction circuits are in fact genetic “judges” of the S-and-R value of others.

His doctor explains that one part of Alex’s brain is underactive compared to those of most people, a tiny structure called the amygdala. The amygdala is the ‘threat detector’, responsible for generating emotions that help us survive – emotions like fear. People who have a defect in their amygdala don’t feel any fear at all, not with public speaking

thumbtacks to a magnet, the seduction boys were up his ass. He was a manic new voice, an instant do-it-yourself guru. And, soon, he was Papa’s trusted wing. He joined Papa on his journey to spend face time with every seducer with a silly nickname. And one of them, naturally, was me. Tyler Durden e-mailed me constantly. He was a persistent little br

Mystery insisted that everyone in the home have an identity—so we had a magician, a writer, a gambler, and a businessman. It was a combination that would prove more dramatic than the most sensationalist reality show. A few days later, Papa moved a fifth roommate, Playboy, into the maid’s room. Playboy was a party promoter from New York who earned m