the power of instinct

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We have become so confident in the mechanical use of intelligence that we take for granted the functioning of our instincts, even to the point of thinking it immaterial whether they can find true and natural expression or not. In time the instincts rebel against our want of care for them.. then there is consternation.

Max Plowman

It seems that as we distance ourselves farther and farther from our instinctual roots, we have grown to be a species hell bent on become better and better at making life worse and worse.

Peter Levine