From the course: How to Train Your Brain For Happiness
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To tribe is to thrive
From the course: How to Train Your Brain For Happiness
To tribe is to thrive
- Here's a quote I reveal in my book, "Science of a Happy Brain." "To socialize is to survive, to tribe is to thrive." Why is that the case? We're discovering something quite remarkable about the human brain, about your brain. Your brain is fundamentally a social organ that evolved for community, for belonging, and for tribe. Imagine yourself in this scenario. You're all by yourself. It's cold, you're hungry. You haven't eaten in a while. You haven't slept in maybe a couple of days. And to make it even more menacing, the sound of hungry predators are nearby and it's getting dark. Pretty terrifying, huh? Now, imagine, would your chances for survival or making it just one more day, would your chances for survival increase if you had one other able-bodied person with you that you trusted? The answer is yes. Now, imagine you had five other people that you trusted alongside with you. 10, 50, a 100. You now have…
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