Succulents (succulent cacti) can be pulled from their colony and replanted in a new environment, where they will take root and thrive - a remarkable achievement. Most people aren’t like succulents; they cannot be pulled up, isolated and replanted. Only enlightened people can survive on their own. Only enlightened people can feel fulfilled while living independently. Everyone else needs company most of the time. This is why society and tyrants punish or torture people by placing them in solitary confinement. But it doesn't have to be this way; we don't have to be "in love" or "part lf the gang" to be creative and fulfilled.

Our webinar begins by considering the roles that love and a social network play in most people's lives. But we go further, challenging the notion that loving and being part of society — being "in love" and belonging to a social club, a religious establishment…