The search for home is a profound, universal human need that drives extreme sacrifice.

Evidence

It is in the nature of human attachment that every journey and expulsion sets into motion the search for home. That nostos, finding home, is among our most profound needs is evident by the price we are willing to pay for it. There is a universally shared ache to return to the place we left behind or to found a new home in which our hopes for the future can nest and grow. — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 25

Categorization

• DEFINE: Introduces ‘nostos’ as the Greek term for the homecoming drive.
• XREF: connects to: The need for a protected home refuge is primal and innate — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 1521