Matt Abrahams

First and foremost, we have to...

We feel threatened by the opportunity to be up in front of others. Those of us who study it think it has an evolutionary origin to it. When our species was evolving, we would hang out in groups of about 150 people, and your relative status in that group meant everything. And when I say status, I don't just mean who's driving a fancy car, who has the most social media followings.

We feel threatened by the opportunity to be up in front of others. Those of us who study it think it has an evolutionary origin to it. When our species was evolving, we would hang out in groups of about 150 people, and your relative status in that group meant everything. And when I say status, I don't just mean who's driving a fancy car, who has the most social media followings.

We feel threatened by the opportunity to be up in front of others. Those of us who study it think it has an evolutionary origin to it. When our species was evolving, we would hang out in groups of about 150 people, and your relative status in that group meant everything. And when I say status, I don't just mean who's driving a fancy car, who has the most social media followings.

We feel threatened by the opportunity to be up in front of others. Those of us who study it think it has an evolutionary origin to it. When our species was evolving, we would hang out in groups of about 150 people, and your relative status in that group meant everything. And when I say status, I don't just mean who's driving a fancy car, who has the most social media followings.

We feel threatened by the opportunity to be up in front of others. Those of us who study it think it has an evolutionary origin to it. When our species was evolving, we would hang out in groups of about 150 people, and your relative status in that group meant everything. And when I say status, I don't just mean who's driving a fancy car, who has the most social media followings.

I mean access to resources like food, shelter, reproduction. So anything you did that put your status at risk would cause anxiety. And getting up in front of others was exactly that. So it is ubiquitous, yet it is something we can learn to manage.

I mean access to resources like food, shelter, reproduction. So anything you did that put your status at risk would cause anxiety. And getting up in front of others was exactly that. So it is ubiquitous, yet it is something we can learn to manage.

I mean access to resources like food, shelter, reproduction. So anything you did that put your status at risk would cause anxiety. And getting up in front of others was exactly that. So it is ubiquitous, yet it is something we can learn to manage.

I mean access to resources like food, shelter, reproduction. So anything you did that put your status at risk would cause anxiety. And getting up in front of others was exactly that. So it is ubiquitous, yet it is something we can learn to manage.

I mean access to resources like food, shelter, reproduction. So anything you did that put your status at risk would cause anxiety. And getting up in front of others was exactly that. So it is ubiquitous, yet it is something we can learn to manage.

Yeah, well, because things come at us so fast and furiously. Think about it. We are bombarded with information all the time. People are asking us questions. People are asking us for feedback. We make mistakes. We have to correct. Things go wrong. We have to apologize. We're in a situation where we have to make small talk.

Yeah, well, because things come at us so fast and furiously. Think about it. We are bombarded with information all the time. People are asking us questions. People are asking us for feedback. We make mistakes. We have to correct. Things go wrong. We have to apologize. We're in a situation where we have to make small talk.

Yeah, well, because things come at us so fast and furiously. Think about it. We are bombarded with information all the time. People are asking us questions. People are asking us for feedback. We make mistakes. We have to correct. Things go wrong. We have to apologize. We're in a situation where we have to make small talk.

Yeah, well, because things come at us so fast and furiously. Think about it. We are bombarded with information all the time. People are asking us questions. People are asking us for feedback. We make mistakes. We have to correct. Things go wrong. We have to apologize. We're in a situation where we have to make small talk.

Yeah, well, because things come at us so fast and furiously. Think about it. We are bombarded with information all the time. People are asking us questions. People are asking us for feedback. We make mistakes. We have to correct. Things go wrong. We have to apologize. We're in a situation where we have to make small talk.

The interactions that we're having, both in person and virtually, require us to speak spontaneously and to shift very quickly as we do it.

The interactions that we're having, both in person and virtually, require us to speak spontaneously and to shift very quickly as we do it.

The interactions that we're having, both in person and virtually, require us to speak spontaneously and to shift very quickly as we do it.

The interactions that we're having, both in person and virtually, require us to speak spontaneously and to shift very quickly as we do it.