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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ก.ย. 2024
- Dr Nikhil Chaudhary is a Lecturer in Evolutionary Anthropology at the Leverhulme Centre for Human Evolutionary Studies, Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge.
This webinar was presented to the Evolutionary Psychiatry Section of the World Psychiatric Association.
It's so difficult to identify any one thing that has 'caused' mental illness in modern societies, because we have changed almost everything since our HG lives. For example we uproot ourselves from our original families and support networks multiple times through our lives for study and economic reasons, and we require our children to go to school then do homework, which prevents them from participating in childcare. We form and re-form real and virtual teams at work, which means we virtually never get to eat together as a team now. I work with a different 'team' pretty much every week, such that the word 'team' has almost no meaning now - sometimes I've never even met them in person, or maybe just once. Most friends I meet once a year or less, because we're scattered across the country, and indeed the world, and keep in contact by phone and screens ...
I completely share your concerns. I recently spoke to a friend about some reflections about friendship. I think we need to be physically close often for relationships to be successful. The same happens with your relatives. My girlfriend is living abroad, as my sister does, and the attachment slowly fades away, even if you try to keep in touch and visit them regularly. I realized that small talk and regular, boring common daily life things are what make strong bonds among people, much more than shared values, interests and big ideas. That's why I decided to reject "opportunities" that imply going far from my family and my friends. Luckily technology allows us to get knowledge almost everywhere and travel if necessary. Nonetheless, the individualistic western promises are really imbedded into our mindset that it is tough to talk about this with others and not to be seen as an old-fashioned guy who rejects modernity. When you talk about conscious rejections for a higher well-being people only see the short term and blame you for not knowing how to enjoy life.
Why does n t anybody address the question of how often men and women are single(sexually) ? I read all books of Frans de Waal and Sapolsky and they seem to ignore one of the most important problems of modern society. 63% of males and 34% of females age 18-29 are single in the USA. And things are moving towards polygyny in the rest of the world as well (income inquality, status, sexual selection are connected). But none of you answer how often we see a baboon being single for years? how often do we see a hunter gather being single for years? How often do we see a bonobo being single for years? Was that macho guy who was moked by the tribe single, for example?(i doubt it)
Ty for the presentation i really enjoyed it! And more importantly it was really enlightening!