I just realized something.....
Lack of electricity causes conversation. Seriously. It's storming bad here and we lost power for about 90 minutes. The whole time, we were engaged in elaborate conversation, about pretty much anything, to kill boredom amidst the glow of candles. The power just came back on and now here I am telling all of you about it instead of continuing said conversations with the members of my household. What would we do without electricity? Would Human Civilization be better or worse? Weird, isn't it?