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From an evolutionary perspective, we\\u2019re wired for survival. It\\u2019s the name of the evolutionary game itself \\u2013 surviving and making sure our kin do as well in order to procreate and protect the genetic line. We\\u2019re built to fear death because how else were we to live? We fear ostracization because in primordial times, we weren\\u2019t likely to survive on our own. We fear conflict because in some deep, primeval chamber we associate it with death or disorder that can put the entire group at risk. Our ancestral memory can likewise flinch at the suggestion of want, neglect, or even change. Tens of thousands of years ago there wasn\\u2019t much room for error.

(This Mark's Daily Apple article was written by Mark Sisson, and is narrated by Brock Armstrong)