forsyth | On people

Sometimes I wonder if a lot of the psychological problems people have these days aren't just a result of there being so many more people. On average, most people interact with as many or more people in a day than even existed in paleolithic tribes. Social stresses of kinds our brains have only had a few millenia to adapt to, since the dawn of cities. Would explain why some people are disposed toward cities and other toward rural areas (among other reasons).

I dunno if I was going anywhere with that, it's just a thought.

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