In modern life, we have all the fear mechanisms but project them onto situations that don't require survival responses, turning our ultimate protector into our ultimate prison

In modern life, we have all the fear mechanisms but project them onto situations that don't require survival responses, turning our ultimate protector into our ultimate prison. The survival brain can't distinguish between a predator and an email.

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In modern life, we have all the fear mechanisms but project them onto situations that don't require survival responses, turning our ultimate protector into our ultimate prison. The survival brain can't distinguish between a predator and an email.

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    Fear as Modern Prison — The Evolutionary Mismatch

    In modern life, we have all the fear mechanisms but project them onto situations that don't require survival responses, turning our ultimate protector into our ultimate prison