The Sop Opera - What It Means to Be Human Is to Become Human

One unintended way the sop opera had a big effect was that people had listened together. They thought they were just listening to the show, but they were also taking in the reactions of friends and neighbors when other people expressed dismay. It all comes back to this idea that what it means to be human is to belong socially to a group. And so we're all trying to figure out the rules of those groups....