What is no longer a matter of life and death?
Modern humans lived as nomads for 99% of our history. Until about 10,000 years ago, there were few, if any, homes or villages. People wandered all the time. Isn't it obvious that a lot of our instincts/subconscious behavior is heavily influenced by the nomadic way of life? Let's take a deep dive into a few. # Negative / Paranoid Thinking - Imagine sleeping out in the open with predators on the prowl. Being too positive about your survival would probably get you killed. Being paranoid was probably the only way you could live long! # To conform, to get along with others - Imagine being thrown out of your group in an unknown place with no means of gathering food and no understanding of how weather works. Being with your group was your only option! # To spend time/wander alone - Imagine wandering alone in a jungle with a dense animal population with no guns, no maps & no flashlights. You wouldn't want that, right? # Rebelling against group/tribe le...