Hedgehog’s Dilemma

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Jul 22, 2017 · 1 min read

One cold winter’s day, a group of hedgehogs crowded together for warmth so as not to freeze to death. However, the pain from the mass of spines soon caused them to separate again, until the cold forced them back together, and thus they continued, moving from one source of discomfort to another, until they found a distance that allowed them to live but without the benefits of the full warmth of community.

- Social Media and the Hedgehog’s Dilemma : psychologytoday.com

How do we deal with this dilemma

Of staying neither too far

Nor too close together

Of keeping warm enough

To survive the weather

Without pricking each other

Like hedgehogs in winter

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