That seems to be a reflection of our society, rather than a reflection of our nature. Civilization is highly alienating and dislocating, but we evolved in an e

That seems to be a reflection of our society, rather than a reflection of our nature. Civilization is highly alienating and dislocating, but we evolved in an environment in which we were near-permanently embedded within a tribe (or village) of people we knew extremely well. Strangers were relatively rare. Rilke confused his alienating environment for a fundamental truth.