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Being exposed to adversity at 1 PM in the classroom is fundamentally different from being exposed to adversity at 11:30 PM laying in bed. One of those is much c
by scythe 4y ago
Being exposed to adversity at 1 PM in the classroom is fundamentally different from being exposed to adversity at 11:30 PM laying in bed. One of those is much closer to the ancestral environment the human mind is naturally equipped to deal with.
- stametseater 4y agoI don't understand what you mean. The ancestral environment is one in which danger comes at night; that's when the tigers come for you. That's why people are afraid of the dark, why even grown men run up their basement stairs after turning off the lights. Monsters in the dark will nip at your heels; that's what our genes tell us. But in the modern context, a child who's facing real adversity (not monsters under their bed) at night has serious problems with their home-life which they'll be poorly equipped to deal with. Daytime problems for kids are usually problems with other kids and teachers, but those kinds of problems are much easier for kids to deal with alone. Particularly if their home situation is stable.
- p_j_w 4y agoThose situations are both so far removed from "the ancestral environment" that it's borderline comical to even mention them in the same sentence as said environment. You may as well say that someone a mile away from you is further from/closer to the sun.