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#520 - Robin Dunbar - The Evolutionary Psychology Of Love
Modern Wisdom
Passive Protection
Bodyguard is a kind of defensive pact by the military full of AK-47s pointing outwards. It's just that when I am about to tread on your toes, that your best friend is five yards away. And at that point, primates are smart. They know the odds are just not worth fighting. So it's most of it is passive defense. Now and again, all passive defense has to be proven at some point by genuine fisticuffs. If you like, otherwise it doesn't really work. But most of the time it's just passive protection. Just don't mess unless you really know you're going to win.
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