There is a mysterious alchemy that occurs when people enjoy entertainment together. When we are part of an audience for a movie or a play or a concert or lecture, we feel a kind of kinship with one another.<\/p>\n
This is not true in all group situations. We don’t feel the same sort of kinship when we share a bus ride or a plane trip with strangers. Nor do we feel any particular kinship with our fellow diners in a restaurant, or with the other people we see wandering around in a store or a gallery or museum.<\/p>\n
The feeling of kinship only occurs when we are having a synchronous experience together — when we know that everyone around us is simultaneously experiencing the same narrative that we are.<\/p>\n
There must be something wired into our collective DNA, some distinct evolutionary advantage, to the formation of this situational emotional connection with strangers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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