But burned into our genetic code is the memory of that most primal of fears: winding up as lunch for something much bigger than you. Back in the day, that primal fear was invaluable, as it kept your ancestors alive—at least long enough to mate and raise offspring, which eventually produced you: the end product of a few million years of screwing and running away from enormous hungry animals (don’t you feel special now?). But these days, this fear of monsters with sharp teeth doesn’t have anything to attach itself to. Instead, it manifests as anxiety over any of a million different nonlethal
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