The article describes how anxiety helped an individual navigate through a social situation... but who's to say allowing anxiety to control your behavior is bett

The article describes how anxiety helped an individual navigate through a social situation... but who's to say allowing anxiety to control your behavior is better then having calm rational judgement dictate your actions? In the past where people would declare formal duels in response to some verbal insult, anxiety was a relevant response to save your life. But in this day and age where people have much more to gain and very little to lose when being assertive and fearless in social situations, anxiety has become an excessive and prehistoric response that is largely irrelevant to the times and culture we live in. Here's an example relevant to most men. Why aren't we talking to that hot super model at the bar? What do we have to lose? Nothing. What do we have to gain? Everything. The logic is inescapable but why are we still scared? Because in the past hitting on a super hot model meant dealing with her alpha male partner who could kill you in a duel. The emotions we feel are evolutionary relics from prehistoric times that were designed to keep us safe. These emotions are now largely irrelevant because murder and combat in our society is both frowned upon and considered a crime.