Yeah, reading the ytube comments brings up that salient point - all people have lived in small close knit communities since forever - always and out of necessity for communal support/ effort and labor/ mental health etc. During some part of the experiment Pavel's mental health apparently got to breaking point and he killed the goat out of a fit of rage for knocking something over during the day. He recounted the event to the camera and the others in the monthly visit and how it was so unlike him, Lmao - no more milk but.