--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "guyfawkes91" <guyfawke...@...> wrote: > > > > I kinda wonder > > about people who are so uneasy being themselves > > that they have to "stay in touch" with other > > people 24/7, just to remember who they are. > > Watch a group of monkeys feeding in the jungle and you'll soon > realize why we have a deep desire to stay in touch all the time. > If you lose contact with the group you're tasty snack for a > passing eagle or leopard. Monkeys chatter to each other all the > time to let the whole group know about food and danger. > > That's why people will put up with a lot of bullying from superiors > in order to stay with the group. It's a deeply rooted primate > instinct to stick with the group. The alternative is to become > someone else's lunch.
What you suggest may be true. We may have such a primal desire to stay in touch with the group left over from more primitive times. However, it's interesting to consider that with modern mobile phone technology, the leaders of the "group" have the ability to "stay in touch" with YOU at all times. If your mobile phone is on, even if you are not using it, your government and every agency that works with or for of them knows exactly where you are at every minute of the day. They can pinpoint your location to within a few meters. Most of these governments can listen to everything you are saying on these mobile phones, and some do. Given the governments in question, I suspect that we're more likely to become "lunch" for them than from a passing eagle or leopard. :-)
