#0129 | better start chopping
Submitted by Alexis in Seaside, California.
Here’s Alexis’ story:
“I believe in evolution but it’s hard to believe I personally evolved from hunter gatherers.
Whenever I watch a movie or tv show where someone is stranded somewhere remote or forced to fend for themselves in the wilderness I can’t help thinking that I wouldn’t last a day. I can’t start a fire. I don’t know what plants are poisonous. And I really can’t hunt.
Sometimes I wonder if these instincts are dormant somewhere in my psyche. If I were placed in that situation, would the old survival genes kick in? I think not.”
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The day will come where you’ll wish you had a little ‘fend for yourself-ishness’. Maybe not “survivalist”, but at least “start a fire” kind of stuff.
Interesting. It’s so foreign to us. Being able to live off the land. I think this is why certain motifs are very popular now: deer, trees, birds. It’s nostalgia of nature and wilderness which we are so spiritually, physically and practically separated from.