Hey, great response! None, and then all of a sudden a good one!
Hmmm...I'll have to look into Rousseau's idea of never being a social animal. I mean, as you say, it really is inseparable from the progress we've made throughout evolution to get to where we are now. Seems to easy to cut that argument down.
You mentioned "layers" of expectations. The layers I feel come from interpreting events as serious, because the threat of predators and hunger were much more serious back then. So we used our brains at full capacity. Now, we have non-serious events (social functions, etc.) that are brains are tackling in a very serious manners. And the problem is that casual/non-serious events are waaaay more plentiful then serious events.
Perhaps I'm restating things a bit, but I'm feeling it for myself now a bit differently through your perspective.
I will say this though. I think this is where customs and traditions play a crucial role. These are set-ways of handling complex scenarios (greetings, appreciation, etc.) without the need for thinking through all the consequences and possibilities of our actions. We take a standard action and know there will be a standard response. I feel as though tradition/customs/norms are being diluted in this day and age. Perhaps a consequence of the liberation of individualism (I'm biased as an American) that current civilization has provided us with technology, political freedoms, and a long stretch of relative world-peace.
K, I'll leave it there for now.
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