The Importance of Meaning in Human Relationships

Blake: I think there's also a built-in need for meaning, which leads to religious impulses. Freud argued that we're typically unaware of what we do and can't afford to acknowledge ourselves. He says all human relationships are fundamentally ambivalent. Blake: It's the universality and inevitability of self-deception. The Simmons will compete with each other because they can't stand it; bosses shouldn't compete with their employees.