Nice. You are looking at it from an Economic Cost pov. There is also a psychological concept of "Social Surrogates" which is fundamental here; see Social Surro

Nice. You are looking at it from an Economic Cost pov. There is also a psychological concept of "Social Surrogates" which is fundamental here; see Social Surrogates, Social Motivations, and Everyday Activities: The Case for a Strong, Subtle, and Sneaky Social Self - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/chapter/bookseries/abs/pii/S0065260115000258 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/chapter/bookseries/abs...