054 - The Self - Bruce Hood (rebroadcast)
You Are Not So Smart
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Teenage Rebellion Is So Common in the West
When you have the clarity of death looming, people sort of look back over their lives and they realize the extent to which they have been living a life shaped by others around them. In a sense, trying to find who you are is really trying to stake your territory out as being different to your parents. That's why teenage rebellion is so common in the West because this is what is culturally what we're supposed to do. And then that also explains why you turn into your parents when you reach mid-20s. Your biology wins out.
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