Most of what we do, even when alone, implicates or concerns other people in some large way. I don't mean that there's a global supply chain and that it takes a host of folks to get me my tea (which is true). What I mean is that we, as individuals, so often act as if there were audience to act to, or for, that we often forget how alone we actually are. There really and truly is often nobody watching.
This isn't necessarily depressing. In many ways it can be freeing. If our actions are broadcast out into the masses for collective judgment on a daily and micro-neurological level, we don't have to work so hard to impress everyone else. We can, instead, honestly be free to figure out what we're interested in doing absent other people. And, once we do that, we can reintroduce people to that activity to build healthy relationships.
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