Karma approval needle as a mirror of Homo evolution
When yesterday the local [audience - rev. Maud. ] began to minus my cyber semantics note - I suddenly realized that I was really hooked on the karma approval needle. And since any awareness inevitably carries with it a whole bunch of related facts and conclusions, I decided that someone who, like me, is interested in studying the Homo species, will be interested to learn something new for themselves that is not printed in the psychological sections of women's magazines .
The very first thing to note here:
Of course, like any mechanism of species survival, the needle of approval by society can reap great on an individual level. But there's nothing you can do about it. This can only be accepted as one's own biological feature, a need, such as a need for water or food, the lack of which is also sometimes very painful.
We are developers, aren't we? And we are used to optimizing the processes that we see. Be it program code. Or some kind of social processes. Or processes taking place in their own psyche. And the optimization of the public needle of approval (shown on Habré in the form of rating and karma) can consist, for example, not in an internal struggle with oneself (which struggle, in essence, is the indulgence of one’s own schizophrenia), but in an analytical examination of the situation and identifying its origins.
And yes, we are not only developers, but also descendants of Cro-Magnons. Who kicked out of the arena of the evolutionary circus of more capable and technologically advanced Neanderthals, precisely because of a powerful flocking instinct. Neanderthals lived in small groups, families. And the Cro-Magnons stumbled into fat herd hordes, and moved forward, crushing everything in their path.
And so the basis of such a herd-horde is precisely the needle of public approval, when you look into the neighbor’s mouth and do exactly the same as him. Because if you do not do exactly the same as 10 of your neighbors, then the neighbors will judge you. And you will feel it. And it will bring into your soul, even a slight, but confusion. Perhaps you will grieve over this, or protest, or something else, but the serenity of being will be violated. And when there is too much of such confusion, you, the Vollens Nolens, will begin to adapt to society or look for a new one.
This is how this mechanism works.
Of course, all this is associated with a change in the hormonal background and the balance of the nervous system as a whole. Since the deterioration of relations with neighbors, again, purely instinctively leads to mobilization - there is more adrenaline and similar endogenous substances in the blood that allow you to be in a state of increased alertness. And this is also a survival mechanism - more willingness - better reaction - the neighbor will no longer be able to easily sneak up on you from the back and cling to your scruff with your teeth.
Yes, of course, with your mind you understand that he will not do that anyway. But that monkey, which you are inherently - she does not know anything about it, she lives completely on her own wave, and is regulated by her complex of neurons in the brain.
But she feels well that her behavior is not approved by her relatives - which means - wait for trouble, and this entails another injection of adrenaline, and ultimately leads to chronic fatigue and the like. A person cannot live long, maintaining complete health, in an environment that he perceives as hostile.
So do not reproach yourself especially when you again find that the inner monkey is seeking the approval of others - so it was formed in the process of millions of years of evolution. For those of our ancestors who completely spit on relatives - were simply devoured by wild animals, or by their own kindred. Only conformists survived.
Be healthy!
Roman D.
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The very first thing to note here:
It is completely pointless to fight your own dependence on the approval of others. To do some kind of “study”. Pass some kind of "training". Bo "the needle of approval" is not a needle at all, but an important mechanism for the survival of the species, allowing Homo primates to adjust their own behavior depending on the needs of the pack.
Of course, like any mechanism of species survival, the needle of approval by society can reap great on an individual level. But there's nothing you can do about it. This can only be accepted as one's own biological feature, a need, such as a need for water or food, the lack of which is also sometimes very painful.
We are developers, aren't we? And we are used to optimizing the processes that we see. Be it program code. Or some kind of social processes. Or processes taking place in their own psyche. And the optimization of the public needle of approval (shown on Habré in the form of rating and karma) can consist, for example, not in an internal struggle with oneself (which struggle, in essence, is the indulgence of one’s own schizophrenia), but in an analytical examination of the situation and identifying its origins.
And yes, we are not only developers, but also descendants of Cro-Magnons. Who kicked out of the arena of the evolutionary circus of more capable and technologically advanced Neanderthals, precisely because of a powerful flocking instinct. Neanderthals lived in small groups, families. And the Cro-Magnons stumbled into fat herd hordes, and moved forward, crushing everything in their path.
And so the basis of such a herd-horde is precisely the needle of public approval, when you look into the neighbor’s mouth and do exactly the same as him. Because if you do not do exactly the same as 10 of your neighbors, then the neighbors will judge you. And you will feel it. And it will bring into your soul, even a slight, but confusion. Perhaps you will grieve over this, or protest, or something else, but the serenity of being will be violated. And when there is too much of such confusion, you, the Vollens Nolens, will begin to adapt to society or look for a new one.
This is how this mechanism works.
Of course, all this is associated with a change in the hormonal background and the balance of the nervous system as a whole. Since the deterioration of relations with neighbors, again, purely instinctively leads to mobilization - there is more adrenaline and similar endogenous substances in the blood that allow you to be in a state of increased alertness. And this is also a survival mechanism - more willingness - better reaction - the neighbor will no longer be able to easily sneak up on you from the back and cling to your scruff with your teeth.
Yes, of course, with your mind you understand that he will not do that anyway. But that monkey, which you are inherently - she does not know anything about it, she lives completely on her own wave, and is regulated by her complex of neurons in the brain.
But she feels well that her behavior is not approved by her relatives - which means - wait for trouble, and this entails another injection of adrenaline, and ultimately leads to chronic fatigue and the like. A person cannot live long, maintaining complete health, in an environment that he perceives as hostile.
So do not reproach yourself especially when you again find that the inner monkey is seeking the approval of others - so it was formed in the process of millions of years of evolution. For those of our ancestors who completely spit on relatives - were simply devoured by wild animals, or by their own kindred. Only conformists survived.
Be healthy!
Roman D.
Telegram: romand
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