Why is #stayhome so hard? An Evolutionary Perspective

Victor Rotariu
18 min readApr 15, 2020

In every country, there are news of people breaking #stayhome rules without a good reason. These people expose themselves and others needlessly. These are people going to the beach, partying, gathering for religious purposes and getting married despite unnecessary gatherings being illegal in their regions.

Are these isolated incidents or are they extremes of a collective difficulty to cope with home isolation? How much are people staying at home in reality?

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Victor Rotariu

Polymath. Curious. Writing a book on how to create an ideal life for our Paleolithic mind and body