Maybe. That's the funny thing about human beings. We fear the unknown and uncertainty so we create familiarity through higher order structures like society. Yet

Maybe. That's the funny thing about human beings. We fear the unknown and uncertainty so we create familiarity through higher order structures like society. Yet we balk at this seemingly imposed order and crave novelty and uncertainty. Erdos' answer to the question is perhaps a bit extreme, but nobody can deny that he positively impacted those around him and lived his life authentically.