Back when cooks cracked eggs with one hand

Are social recluses actually even happy?
I'm thinking that maybe they're trying to escape something that holds them together. And it's not so bad after all. Everything is what you make of it. If all people were too scared to congregate in fear of bombs or violence or crime, how would the world ever function, how would people ever be content just living by themselves in fear?
I really don't think that's even a logical solution.
Also: "if given the choice, would you rather (a) only abide by the rules and morals of society that you personally agree with, or (b) have the power to slightly adjust the rules and morals that currently exist? (but these adjustments would then apply to you AND everyone else, all the time)"