Michael Morris

was these Walter Mitty-like fantasies of heroic action and glory. Like, oh, the high school caught on fire. Oh, I'm going to save the pretty girl. Or, oh, my parents are in a car crash. Well, I'm going to go run and get... get medical attention.

was these Walter Mitty-like fantasies of heroic action and glory. Like, oh, the high school caught on fire. Oh, I'm going to save the pretty girl. Or, oh, my parents are in a car crash. Well, I'm going to go run and get... get medical attention.

You know, it was all this constant scenarios about things that I might do, which, you know, I would regard as, you know, I think a lot of our fantasies, whether they're sexual fantasies or fantasies about achievement, they reflect, you know, these programs that are partially evolved programs and then take on a particular cultural, you know, instantiation, but they're, they're, they're programs for action.

You know, it was all this constant scenarios about things that I might do, which, you know, I would regard as, you know, I think a lot of our fantasies, whether they're sexual fantasies or fantasies about achievement, they reflect, you know, these programs that are partially evolved programs and then take on a particular cultural, you know, instantiation, but they're, they're, they're programs for action.

You know, it was all this constant scenarios about things that I might do, which, you know, I would regard as, you know, I think a lot of our fantasies, whether they're sexual fantasies or fantasies about achievement, they reflect, you know, these programs that are partially evolved programs and then take on a particular cultural, you know, instantiation, but they're, they're, they're programs for action.

And so I, I think that probably these hero scripts that go through our heads are gendered, and they may take a different form in different subcultures, but they certainly seem to be things that are essential parts of your mental life, especially when you're young. When you get older, then you're actually doing things.

And so I, I think that probably these hero scripts that go through our heads are gendered, and they may take a different form in different subcultures, but they certainly seem to be things that are essential parts of your mental life, especially when you're young. When you get older, then you're actually doing things.

And so I, I think that probably these hero scripts that go through our heads are gendered, and they may take a different form in different subcultures, but they certainly seem to be things that are essential parts of your mental life, especially when you're young. When you get older, then you're actually doing things.

Yeah, yeah. And then there are people like, you know, I don't know, Walter Mitty might be a reference where I'm aging myself, but it's a story by James Thurber about this guy who goes through his life fantasizing about acting heroically but never doing it. And it was sort of a commentary on modernity. But I think that there's also some interesting –

Yeah, yeah. And then there are people like, you know, I don't know, Walter Mitty might be a reference where I'm aging myself, but it's a story by James Thurber about this guy who goes through his life fantasizing about acting heroically but never doing it. And it was sort of a commentary on modernity. But I think that there's also some interesting –

Yeah, yeah. And then there are people like, you know, I don't know, Walter Mitty might be a reference where I'm aging myself, but it's a story by James Thurber about this guy who goes through his life fantasizing about acting heroically but never doing it. And it was sort of a commentary on modernity. But I think that there's also some interesting –

Interesting studies that help us understand who are the Walter Mitty's and who are the people who actually step forward and do contribute to groups at a sacrifice to their own safety or at a sacrifice to their own comfort and then gain the actual glory rather than just the fantasized glory.

Interesting studies that help us understand who are the Walter Mitty's and who are the people who actually step forward and do contribute to groups at a sacrifice to their own safety or at a sacrifice to their own comfort and then gain the actual glory rather than just the fantasized glory.

Interesting studies that help us understand who are the Walter Mitty's and who are the people who actually step forward and do contribute to groups at a sacrifice to their own safety or at a sacrifice to their own comfort and then gain the actual glory rather than just the fantasized glory.

Yeah. Well, in my book, Tribal, I'm not sure if I'm supposed to mention it, but I write about this one study that I found fascinating. There was this program called the Freedom Summer, which was designed to help register African-American voters in the state of Mississippi in the 1960s when a very small percentage of African-Americans were registered to vote because, you know, arbitrary

Yeah. Well, in my book, Tribal, I'm not sure if I'm supposed to mention it, but I write about this one study that I found fascinating. There was this program called the Freedom Summer, which was designed to help register African-American voters in the state of Mississippi in the 1960s when a very small percentage of African-Americans were registered to vote because, you know, arbitrary

Yeah. Well, in my book, Tribal, I'm not sure if I'm supposed to mention it, but I write about this one study that I found fascinating. There was this program called the Freedom Summer, which was designed to help register African-American voters in the state of Mississippi in the 1960s when a very small percentage of African-Americans were registered to vote because, you know, arbitrary

inconveniences were put in place to stop them. So this group said, okay, we will train idealistic college students to go for the summer, uh, to Mississippi and they'll go to every community and they'll sort of build trust with people and then help people fill out the paperwork so that we have a much higher rate of registered African-American voters. And, uh,

inconveniences were put in place to stop them. So this group said, okay, we will train idealistic college students to go for the summer, uh, to Mississippi and they'll go to every community and they'll sort of build trust with people and then help people fill out the paperwork so that we have a much higher rate of registered African-American voters. And, uh,

inconveniences were put in place to stop them. So this group said, okay, we will train idealistic college students to go for the summer, uh, to Mississippi and they'll go to every community and they'll sort of build trust with people and then help people fill out the paperwork so that we have a much higher rate of registered African-American voters. And, uh,