Sebastian Junger
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first heard Jul 2024
last heard 13 Jun
Sebastian Junger’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And, you know, some of the poorer buildings organized sort of watch groups to watch the building from robbers.
I mean, I live in a neighborhood like that.
I mean, we have quite a poor neighborhood in the Lower East Side.
And, you know, the community spirit, the community action during Hurricane Sandy was quite extraordinary.
right um and uh so it comes back in a heartbeat right but it doesn't last longer than it's needed because it's cost in evolutionary terms it's costly right it costs you opportunity it costs you energy it costs you you know so you don't want to do it longer than you need to like in sort of evolutionary terms do you think sebastian we just every now and again we just need to be reminded that we're human
I mean, I think if we were reminded of that all day long, we'd be a lot better off, a lot happier, a lot more productive, a lot safer.
Yeah, I mean, so as a species...
We are social primates and we owe our lives to the group and we have to participate.
We have a duty to the group in order to stay alive.
That's what being human means, right?
Is to be part of a group.
We're the only species where an individual will die protecting a same-sex peer.
Not their kids, not their mate, but a young man will die protecting another young man from harm.
right no other species does that even chimpanzees are closest relatives right only humans and so that is what we are and if you if you participate in that reality it takes the focus away from you
It puts it on others, and there's a blessed relief in that.
I mean, the problem with our society is that there's enough safety and leisure and convenience that we can indulge in excessive thoughts of ourselves.
It's called rumination, right?
Obsessive rumination.
And it leads to depression and anxiety.
It's known to, right?
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