Attention is like a drug.

No matter how big or small, people live off the attention of others. We’ve lived in cooperative societies since the primitive ages, and isolation has always been synonymous with death.

That's why hikikomori, shut-ins, wither away from lack of attention, and why we don’t need to worry about celebrities—they’re constantly in the spotlight.

Just look at how many people in my modern world flock to platforms like Instax or Yubetube. Humans, at their core, crave attention from others.

And it seemed I wasn’t all that different after all.

In fact, having been isolated for twelve …