Thomas Murphy
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
To have relationship.
To fit in.
To have relationship.
I mean, you think about it, Rudy.
I mean, you did some really stupid things when you were younger for one reason and one reason only.
For your friends.
Sure.
That's it.
Right?
Every kid wants to fit in.
Every kid wants to belong.
It's ancient circuitry that we have.
This prestige bias, this conformity bias that we just all have.
And so when a kid doesn't feel like they fit in, they belong.
it always leads a young person to this feeling of hopelessness.
And anyone that says, I'm not a pack animal, I'm a lone wolf, that's not true.
You can't make it, man.
You isolate a human for three days, there's measurable amounts of brain damage.
So if you take these two common threads that we share, this need for significance, meaning, purpose, and this deep desire we have
you know, for human acceptance, it leads kids to this feeling of hopelessness.