As social beings, humans seem to have a built-in need for companionship and fraternity. Yet, satisfying this need seems to be more than many people can accomplish. If it’s built into our DNA, so to speak, why is this such a widespread problem?

This is certainly an enigma and an important one to understand. Human culture, human society, the average human personal experience will be less than satisfactory and this is not because of a problem in the makeup of human except for their disconnection from knowing they belong to a human family that is an extension of the divine. That does change everything. It diminishes everyone. So people must do the best they can with local level circumstances and opportunities. In effect, you are divvying up the leavings, the fruits of human level enterprise which is often limited and self-serving and not designed to leave room for all.