2 The Brain’s Journey Is Our Journey

DOI: 10.4324/9781003157458-2

In all social species that have been observed … it is clear that the group possesses a protective function for the individuals that comprise it …. It is thus reasonable to believe that there is some basic behavioral system that has evolved in social species that leads individuals to seek and maintain proximity to [a group of] conspecifics.

Mary Ainsworth1

Today, humanity is like a waking dreamer, caught between the fantasies of sleep and the chaos of the real, we have created a Stars Wars civilization, with Stone Age emotions, medieval institutions, and godlike technology

E. O. Wilson2

Madalyn is the senior vice president for sales and strategy for the Midwest region of a ...

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