A stylized version of our Ikea present. It is talking about very simple concepts. We're designed to be hunters and we're in a society of shopping. There's nothing to kill anymore, there's nothing to fight, nothing to overcome, nothing to explore. In that societal emasculation this everyman is created.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Modern society replaces survival instincts with consumerism, creating a passive everyman.
- In plain terms
- We are hunters turned into shoppers in a safe world.
- What can you take from it?
- Consumer culture may dull human drive.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What drives you if not survival?
Another view
Shopping provides other forms of purpose.
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