`` The Bright Stuff `` By President Woodrow Wilson The...

President Woodrow Wilson once declared that â€Å"friendship [was] the only cement that will ever hold the world together†. Human beings form massive networks, tied together by fine threads, like a web. Those relationships revolving around us are expanded by pollination, as meeting friends of friends rapidly increases one’s social network. The importance of understanding human interactions rises in accordance with the continuous changes in our environment. Nowadays, scientific researches interested in the friendship process explore its motivations, applications and adaptation to evolution. Indeed, the dramatic arrival of social medias enlarges the scope of interactions and modifies the perception human beings hold toward the concept of†¦show more content†¦Indeed, the release of oxytocin and endorphins brings a feeling of well-being to individuals, as they maintain physical contacts (38). In addition, social grooming involving the release of endorphins, groomin g activities like sharing laughs, singing and dancing effectively generate positive feelings to the mind and body (Dunbar 36). Because interactions provide such a comfort to individuals, reciprocity consists in a major cause of the impulse toward human affinity (Brent 38). In addition, when cortisol, the stress hormone, is liberated due to loneliness, it triggers the desire to â€Å"seek out for social contact† and resolves the isolation issue for one’s health condition (39). Likewise, mostly since the emergence of social medias, a sense of belongingness and community is spread out on the society, encouraging individuals to join the entity (Bond 42). Bond conveys that human beings â€Å"feel what the world feels†, as the group suddenly swells to an unlimited scale (42). In brief, because of the predispositions to friendship, mankind has developed an addiction for social contacts. Nevertheless, the use of social medias involves disputable risks in modern friendships. In effect, the rewarding property of virtual friendships diverges from the one of real-life bonds. Misinterpretations represent the main conflict in virtual ties (Bond 42). Most importantly, the intended