People having conversations, or just being with others, doing things together with some level of consent... The weird part is that it has become so complicated that it's a weird game theory part to the point that it's becoming a bit unnatural. It might be hard to get actual pleasure from surface-level talks but if it actually gets deep it's pleasurable.

Minimum level

Probably at the workplace, enough not to get fired, to maintain a level of money to survive.

Those who prefer solitude

Schopenhauer thinks these types of people are the most comfortable with deep thinking - for instance, without others, even socially awkward thoughts like the philosophy of suicide can be considered thoroughly, without the chances/impacts of reputation damage (these people don't care that much about reputation in the first place).

Depth vs range in socializing

Obviously, if my goal was to get knowledge. Depth! IN depth!
Most socializing is small talk, little depth; depth results in awkwardness. However, at least some is necessary for avoidance of social damage
I think I'm biased by teenage culture at School.
Well, it's frequency versus scarcity (but great)
Or is this not even a debate? There are so many people in the world. Most adults have depth. And some can talk to most people.
Even if a small portion of people share research interests, the human population is so large!
Perhaps I'm influenced by Stranger Danger.
Perhaps society separates goddam teenagers and adults.
Teenagers can learn from adults.
But they can also learn from Wikipedia.
Perhaps just do what I want?
Perhaps hedonism is more good? Well, I guess relevant close people fit human psyche more (school/work). They socialize whenever they want.
Rather, in my case, I just go with whatever people want to do and allow it. I rarely get approached, actually. I approach others and get a small success rate. Due to my strnage nature. My range is thus small by nature. I don't really have experience with a high range, and I cannot imply they are bad at socializing.

Weird part

In trying yet failing to communicate deep ideas, the brain may come up with false justifications for why such thoughts are wrong to prevent cognitive dissonance. Like conformity. But I think the brightest philosophers are born precisely out of the unique thoughts. This also shows how easily influencial other people are to us, shaping our reality even when we used to have an opinion we considered to be very strong.

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