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Sebastian Junger Quotes

Total quotes: 5
“How do you become an adult in a society that doesn't ask for sacrifice?”
— Sebastian Junger, Tribe
Tagged: Adulthood, Adulting, Suffering, The Digital Age
“The very efficiency of mass society makes people feel unnecessary, and therein lies a profound threat to our dignity.”
— Sebastian Junger, The Anthropology of Manhood | National Review
Tagged: Conflict, Suffering, Happiness
“We're not going to burn down the suburbs and live in lean-tos, we'd probably be happier if we did, but we're not going to.”
— Sebastian Junger, Joe Rogan Experience #975- Sebastian Junger
Tagged: Happiness, Human Nature, The Suburbs, Community, Adversity
“It may be worth considering whether middle-class American life -- for all it's material good fortune -- has lost some essential sense of unity that might otherwise discourage alienated men from turning apocalyptically violent.”
— Sebastian Junger, Tribe
Tagged: Human Nature, Violence, Guns, Shootings, Why people are such dicks
“Most men are not criminals, of course, but a huge majority of criminals are men. Men make up 93 percent of the American prison population, and young men die from accidents and violence at up to six times the rate of young women. The cause is not just poor socialization, however: Male violence is a problem across all societies, communities, and races, and the primary driver is testosterone, which declines steadily throughout a man’s adult lifetime. As testosterone levels go down, so do rates of violence and accidental death — which would not be the case if socialization alone were to blame.”
— Sebastian Junger, The Anthropology of Manhood | National Review
Tagged: Violence, Why people are such dicks
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