Humans are social creatures.  If you feed a newborn but don't provide it social interaction it will grow up with severe mental illnesses.  This conclusion was determined by studying monkeys, not humans. 

Social interaction is the hallmark of the human species.  On this note, the emergence of social software will inevitably foster, in its own way, more effective human interaction on a global scale. 

To keep you abreast of the latest developments in social software, Corante has launched a new blog today, many-to-many which will have contributions from leading thinkers across the social software space.