Being Social

Society means people who are living around us apart from our family because from there true socialism begins. Its synonyms fellowship,club community etc. Human minds are designed in this way that they want to live in societies and grouping. They want to build strong relations.

Definition:"Society is a group of people that may or may not be related to each other but share the same geographical or virtual territory with the same political authority. It may also be a group of people who come together in order to achieve a specific purpose. Also, Society is normally used to refer to the entire human population or to a contextually specific division of people."

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So, its one of our basic necessity to live in communities from ages. Generally, people say we can't live without making relationships. Its not necessarily that it must be personal or family relationships. Its can be cultural,same set of rules,business society, social media and etc.  

If we talk about its advantages then they are countless. With a good society you can be well known and gain respect.

http://espenalva.pt/10B_weBlog/?p=786 However, details of its advantages and disadvantages are here in this link.