On risk and adventure from "Over the Edge: Death in Grand Canyon"

PeterNSteinmetz

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"In short, we are what would be referred to in biology as a domesticated species. We are no longer wild Homo sapiens. Instead, psychologically, many of us have become sheep. Baaa...

As sheep -- or, if you prefer domesticated Homo sapiens (Homo sapiens domesticus) or perhaps Homo sapiens touristicus -- many of us now make the habitual and unquestioned assumption that somebody else is supposed to be watching out for our best interests for us. "
 
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