> the environments in response to which they evolved no longer apply People care greatly what strangers think of them, even if those strangers have no impact o

> the environments in response to which they evolved no longer apply People care greatly what strangers think of them, even if those strangers have no impact on their life. Public speaking tends to be a struggle for me, but it's a struggle even if it's in front of people who don't matter. Recently on one of my travels I thought I would go practice since I figured there would be such a small chance of running into any of these people again, and failure wouldn't matter. But that didn't make it feel any easier.. my amygdala doesn't know that distinction. That's definitely irrational. I understand the sound evolutionary basis, but modern reality means I can fly away to another city with another 10k strangers, why should it matter if I embarrass myself?