Good observation. I would bet that the trade-off you suggest is indeed the original reason, however, our social structures have evolved around our pain, physical and emotional. One way to put it is that degraded performance is a bug on the individual level but a feature on the social level. It would be difficult to have a friend who doesn’t have insecurities.
Good observation. I would bet that the trade-off you suggest is indeed the original reason, however, our social structures have evolved around our pain, physical and emotional. One way to put it is that degraded performance is a bug on the individual level but a feature on the social level. It would be difficult to have a friend who doesn’t have insecurities.