📕 Tribe by Sebastian Junger | A Book Review
Listened to Tribe by Sebastian Junger recently. Wasn’t what I expected but liked it a lot, appreciate the author doing the voice work himself. I find it often connects the intentions of the word’s more thoroughly with the tonal inflection of the voice when the author records.
Notes and Quotes
“Modern society has perfected the art of making people not feel necessary”
Lt. Dunbar wasn’t an exception but a fictionalized rendition of a trend
“Modern society...is afflicted”
WHO: people in developed countries suffer depression at 8x the rate of poor countries
Early childhood care in western societies is in opposition to thousands of years of tradition and other primate behavior
Wartime London seemed to have positive effects on psychiatric health
Social bonds are reinforced during disasters
“American Indians proportionally provide more soldiers to America’s wars than any other demographic group in the country”
“Acting in a tribal way simply means being willing to make a substantive sacrifice for your community”