Full Idea
The freedom we value so highly may work against us. We can choose our spouses, friends and neighbours, but they can choose to leave us. With the individual wielding unprecedented power to decide her own path, we find it ever harder to make commitments.
Gist of Idea
Freedom may work against us, as individuals can choose to leave, and make fewer commitments
Source
Yuval Noah Harari (Sapiens: brief history of humankind [2014], 19 'Counting')
A Reaction
This is the worry of the communitarian. I take freedom to be a great social virtue - but an overrated one.
Book Reference
Harari,Yuval Noah: 'Sapiens: a brief history of Humankind' [Vintage 2014], p.418