Somewhere in the child, somewhere in the adult, there is a hard, irreducible, stubborn core of biological urgency, and biological necessity, and biological reason that culture cannot reach and that reserves the right, which sooner or later it will exercise, to judge the culture and resist and revise it.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Humans have a biological core that resists cultural influence and eventually judges culture.
- In plain terms
- Nature pushes back against culture eventually.
- What can you take from it?
- Respect biological limits in cultural design.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Where do biology and culture clash?
- Can culture reach every part of you?
Another view
Culture often shapes biology more than assumed.
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