Is Our Basic Survival Instinct Fading? How to Fix It

[@michaelkaer]

I have survived cancer twice, Hep C, Tuberculosis, liver damage, Double Pneumonia and others. I know I have the will to live. My liver specialist said I have the liver of a ten year old. it is pristine. I took the treatment for 90 days for the Hep C. gone. I took a shot that lasts 10 years for Pneumonia. No sign of the other illnesses. I watch your channel and many others (I have a new found appreciation of Wool) I try out many things and I am working on my own type of ration bar. I made a sling staff and practice with it. I enjoy making things like alcohol stoves and twig stoves, but now I am focused on oil lamps. I think the will to live is doing well in my life.

[@stevenholland8167]

Amen ❤

[@markedis5902]

It’s very true. If you speak to young people, teens and early 20s and their will to live is, for want of a better word, broken. They don’t see a future that they fit into and because of that they don’t see why they should bother.

[@FandabiDozi]

Yeah well said... its hard to put a finger on why. Perhaps an overwhelm of information and possibilities? But also a feeling of meaningless outcomes... this video was an attempt to point a finger at this hard to describe thing

[@Robert-lg6cp]

@@FandabiDozi As said early 20s individual I'd say its harder to see an optimistic future with not only how we treat the planet and ecosystems that created us but also a general acceptance of this numbness from our culture of consumption (of mentally and tangibly). Also the collision of social consensus between those who are hyper aware of our problems and those willfully perpetually comfortable

[@denism8494]

capitalism is to blame

[@SuperDab4367]

As someone who’s just 18 years old it’s just that simply it feels like throwing pebbles at a brick wall we have evidence of two generations who had to work till they were 55-65 till they could retire and that’s only in upper middle class. There’s just simply no point and even now that the retirement age is now set at 70-80 I forget which one, but it’s just very disheartening to see how little our effort will pay off. I’m lucky I got born into a family that can send me to careers that I will be able to break pa St those barriers but that was just luck at birth and I’d rather live off my own land than in a high rise apartment

[@outdoorchallenge68]

As long as you stay in the comfort zone it's all like a beautiful game even if with some discomfort unless you do silly things like sleeping in sub-zero temperatures without the necessary equipment. Problems come when you're hungry, you're thirsty, you're really cold, you hurt yourself, you get lost in a forest, you get stuck while climbing a mountain... When these things happen it is the mind that commands but more than "the basic instinct" I think it is the hours and hours of training that will make the difference. Nice video master! Go on like this.

[@RodasTadeus]

To survive one can do alone... but to thrive we need each other. It's alway good to relly on others when in need. This is what makes us human.

[@FandabiDozi]

Thank you for sharing! Wise words ❤

[@FandabiDozi]

​@RodasTadeusabsolutely right!

[@mulli032]

From my research, anthropomorphized soccer balls are important factors to survive being stranded in a deserted island.

[@FandabiDozi]

Hahaha! "Wilson!!!"

[@stolman2197]

​@@FandabiDoziWilson's existence can be traced directly to the great Dave Holiday (one of the best survival teachers in the USA)

[@lorifromtemeculaca426]

I still silently (or out loud) say WILSON! each time I see a soccer ball... ;-)

[@user-ve5ei2xe8h]

That was my first survival handbook as well. I bought it at a flea market in berlin in the late 90s. It started a lifelong passion.

[@ThaNobleSavage]

The timing couldnt have been better

[@Jess_Outdoors637]

I find that my stubbornness is the thing that drives my will to live. However it can also be detrimental to my success because i often don’t know when to stop or take a break when I’m trying to learn a new skill

[@edwardpurcell2905]

Simply camping in a tent on weekends near a lake can help begin to foster and nurture survival skills. Something I do quite frequently

[@FandabiDozi]

Thanks for sharing!

[@patrickreynolds5907]

At 12:25 when you shoot ur arrow off camera and you can hear a faint scream, that was very funny! I love your content! I’m an American but am very proud of my Scottish heritage and love seeing ways to keep it alive!

[@elijahpascal3545]

It seems to me that the thread that ties this all together is Agency. Modern life in all its convenience discourages a sense of personal agency in every way because someone who isn't reliant on specialized products to solve problems is less economically exploitable. Someone who isn't reliant behaves erratically and is hard to control. The "laziness"(I hate the word) and lack of will to live could just as easily be seen as a forced state of internalized helplessness. Coming out of this perception of yourself is really tough. I don't think that it's a matter of personal failing to struggle with it. We are built just as much to rely on other people as we are to manage alone. That's what modern life exploits in us. What helps nurture a will to live? Idk man, compassion for oneself probably.

[@sky37blue]

This is a good video, you rarely hear people talk about the nitty gritty day to day of these things like you did here.

[@firstthoughts3511]

My grandfather gave me this book in '86. I gave this book to my son this christmas, who is joining the Canadian Coastguard after finishing his last year of Navigation school. This exact book. Crazy. This book got me into my "career" in a way. I read it so much, your turning pages on the screen feels like memories. Lol. Thanks.

[@aoerstroem]

Thanks a lot for sharing this Tom. These days the everyday tasks fill up almost all of my days, and your videos are a much needed break and reminder to focus on some of the crucial fundamentals of my happiness.

[@FandabiDozi]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts friend. 🙏 thanks for watching too

[@UmbraSTI]

Loved ones will always keep me going.

[@ThaNobleSavage]

Glad you made this because im still in highschool and has no hope for this modern civilization so that is why i must learn the ways of the land and how to survive, before the worlds vulnerable electricity goes out for good.

[@stonedsasquatch]

Electricity isn't vulnerable like that. As long as there is a sun or wind we can harness electricity and no not those giant wind turbines.

[@HilltopLily-r4l]

Very balanced, thoughtful and relevant to our times and challenges. Really good video.

[@justforthis3208]

When you start to think about the will to live it becomes increasingly illusive. I can be miserable but still want to keep going. Is my will weakened? It could be because on the face of it my mood is down. Or perhaps I want to survive so badly that when something limits that I start to feel down. But work to avoid this negative emotion. Is my will to live a constant measurable thing? Or am I extremely resilient to somethings but other challanges I crumble? Frankly, discussions of will to live scare me because I start to think what if I'm not cut out. What if there's something lurking in my future that will catch me out? And frankly I want to survive. I'm only on this Earth because those before me have survived and reproduced. Not that that is the only thing I live for but this is at the root of it all. Having said that I can think of numerous things that I do that aren't conducive to this. Such as eating ultra-processed food. Is my will weak? Maybe there's a will to live well not just live. Even in a survival situation you could do the bare minimum to survive but you could also go to extra lengths to make yourself comfortable such as adding a heat reflector on your fire. What motivates that? I suppose having knowledge and kit would increase your will to live as well. Perhaps the behaviours that reflect a will to live are giving it a go; and not being afraid to fail. These, after all, are some of the most fundamental lessons that we teach children.

[@Billwzw]

IMHO - a history of enduring hardships of all kinds is a strong supporter of the will to live, but you also need a reason - what you call purpose. With a good reason to live, and a strong belief based on experience and training that you can make it, deciding to survive (the will) is easier and seems an obvious choice. I also think a tradition of honesty and keeping your word is important - after all the decision to survive is a promise to yourself and those who care about you. I recommend "The Martian" as a movie about survival, and the character's decision "I'm not going to die here" (at 19 minutes) is a pivotable scene.

[@FlymanMS]

I like that your videos are always well structured and written, no matter the topic.

[@AmericanFurCo]

M wife and twin newborn girls. I've period trekked and camped multiple times before they were born but when I was recently sleeping in -11F weather with snowy wind in 1830s gear that I felt myself resolve that I would survive to give those girls the biggest hug. It really made the cold and the damp more bearable to me.

[@andreicocor4383]

Today is a happy day❤

[@Jen999]

Cianalas… Tha a Cho breagha…. Tha e Cho priseil… Is a gradh am freagairt… Ge bith de a tha e Cho breagha ri fhaicinn… Thig crioch air an t-saoghat, ach mairidh gaol is ceol… Misneach braw curaidh… Tha e gu leor… Slan mo charaid..💜💙 William and Jen

[@dawidm08277]

Thank you for your work and episode 😊

[@FandabiDozi]

My pleasure 😊

[@mikerenshaw7867]

Thanks for the effort Tom :)

[@sticksstonesbuildmybones7837]

Fantastic video, rich with individual tidbits from you and Lofty! Many years ago, my wife and I did a deep dive into Laurence Gonzales and his book Deep Survival. I think your approach to "keeping a foot on the carpet and one in the dirt" is solid! We would have much healthier people and planet if more folks practiced this... Thanks!

[@crabsoft]

It's a pretty cliche saying but I always go back to it, "A sufficient why can overcome any how."

[@Infotainment-z7f]

I think we should re-introduce something like imbolc. That would give people something to celebrate at the end of january. In my country there is just nothing until easter time :S

[@smeastwest]

I agree with both of your lists! But I would add to the "strengthen" list (for myself); stories (books, movie, tv show, a good storytelling friend, a notepad and a good pen); spending time with kids (they remind me to not take things too seriously, and are often wiser than adults and more curious). Your "weaken" list is perfect! No notes!

[@Drewsalems_Lot]

Tom, you are still my favourite woodland creature! Be well, matey. PS I'm part Scot! ❤

[@ddoherty5956]

The part that doesn't buy a round?🤨🤣

[@FandabiDozi]

Thank you sir! I'm definitely a illusive woodland creature who only appears once a month to share a slightly strange video, before burying myself back in the moss! Haha Thanks for watching and commenting

[@CelticAnubis]

I'm all about a series exploring the pyramid more! This video really resonated with me. Thank you!

[@maybesusie8599]

I love applying play to all things!! But for me the most weakening thing about civilization is the feeling of helplessness that would astound our ancestors; we are no longer legally empowered to provide ourselves with life's basics on our own, and in fact there may be laws in place to actually prevent us from doing those things. For instance we've lost the concept of a commons, land where anyone may camp for free, and instead we have vast areas where you're not allowed to sit down, much less sleep or forage, and forget a free drink of water. There are municipalities that deliberately spray herbicides and pesticides on the thickets where not long ago people in a community gathered fruit for canning, and nuts they'd eat all winter. But in so many places there are no real communities left, people don't settle long enough for that. So we have online communities, thank heavens, which presently sustain us, and help us to learn to be more self-reliant and creative thinkers. Societies CAN change for the better!! Thanks much for your channel!!

[@markedis5902]

The stickaholic episode strengthened my will. The problem is that it strengthened my will to get another stick.

[@FandabiDozi]

Hahaha! This is a recurring cycle I can attest to

[@goatkidmom]

I only have 4, one of which is from my late father. Maybe I should get more? 😜

[@katiemaxfield1438]

Great video Tom, and a really interesting topic.Very relevant. I'm looking forward to digging deeper into this topic, especially myself with my studies. 💚

[@silvafox8371]

Some excellent points - very well made. I totally agree with you on all points 😊

[@Ajggjtjy]

So cool to see that intro. I have the exact same relationship with that book, it had a slightly different format (it was an unsual format, big and wide, great for the pictures, but not something you really could take with you) though! I constantly kept pulling it down from my fathers bookshelf and kept pouring over it. 😁👍

[@s34mu5]

Great video dude, please continue your videos

[@Blender.bunker]

Good viddddd!

[@ddoherty5956]

Every time you say basic instinct the name Sharon Stone pops into my head 🤣🤣🤣

[@shannonpearl]

Love your videos. Food for thought

[@bumblebee8289]

You can talk about the will too live all you want but you have to be in a situation in order to fully understand your own will to live . If death is on the table it will kick in

[@ByronGiant]

I was worried this was going to be a "CeLl PhOnE bAd!" video. That you for not letting me down and sticking to the fact hat the real world still exists.

[@egyptwns89_26]

Someone on a wise man on Naked & Afraid once said, "It takes three days to acclimate to being in nature, but it takes two weeks to re-acclimate to civilization". I may be misquoting that but it was definitely spoken by one of the contestants at the end of an episode.

[@ddoherty5956]

Weakening the will is not knowing what you are capable of enduring because you have never tested your limits.

[@fritz8096]

The thing that would keep me going on a deserted island is knowing that I am the same stardust from the beginning of time, reconstituted into a sentient organic being. We are all the universe consciously experiencing itself based on the laws of conservation of mass and energy. It took my ancestors hundreds of thousands of years to get to the point where I could exist in a relatively comfortable state and if I gave up on that island simply because of the discomfort, I would dishonor the trials and tribulations those who came before me had to endure to get our species to the point it is at.

[@DerekBurn]

Top tier content m8

[@raggedyarch]

Great video!!! I was certain you’d recreate the Basic Instinct leg cross scene in your kilt...

[@famebrightstudio451]

That book was my bible too. Gave it to a Thai guy as thanks for translating when I had to go to hospital for a cracked rib. Ironically if anyone didn’t need that book it was him, a natural mowgli

[@alanreid8537]

My desire to see and look after my family would be an important motivator to my will to live. 😀😀😀

[@angelawillott3699]

Earth and the sky would and does give me the will to live 💕

[@Pethyr.Vandrar]

THIS here is exactly why I joined the Resillient Roots tribe! (PS: Almost spit my drink while watching this part 5:05 🤣)

[@tonyg9603]

Yes ! The breeze is the key 😂

[@silentpilgrim4132]

Sometimes, will is the only thing that keeps you going, day by day. And the knowledge that you matter to other people. The world might throw everything at you, but you remain unbowed, unbent, unbroken. Remain YOURSELF 🍀

[@henchy3rd]

Not much more to add really, great talk with all the basics of being human. Unfortunately, we are surrounded by wet people with all the gear & no idea who thinks a night in a tent & a ration pack is survival🤣 I’m no expert, but had quite a few F- I’ve messed up moments & I look back & think.. I’m still here.

[@grimberet1570]

Great video very intelligent! That outhouse was adorable but I can't imagine it being a real pit toilet, at least I hope not, being right next to the stream! 😅

[@LadywatchingByrd]

I have that book 😁

[@CatVisionTM]

You give me the horns of metal, I give you the horns of metal 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@loadapish]

I wouldnt fight that hard with the way the world is goin. We are screwed. In 10 years the invisible men might have succeeded and all of us might be gone

[@FlymanMS]

Are those invisible men in the room with us right now?

[@loadapish]

​@@FlymanMS i dont know where they are. Behemian grove would have been the place to looka few years back but appare tly theyv moved

[@lordcrunk4790]

Never stop forming networks of Worker Owned Cooperatives.

[@NesbitPlays]

No not in this man....they can keep their cult-ure....keep your feet planted in the earth, your nose to the wind, your ear to the ground and your heart to the sky....you get my meaning!

[@Cain__m]

Ta answer yer questions. What keeps me going? Faith, Love and Hope. One wee bitta constructive criticism. Do watch tha news. Ya hafta ken whits goin on in tha world. Just dinna watch it tooooo much and learn tae let what you see go. Help where ya can, let go of what ya canny. I hope tae take the highland thinking tae Brazil an help folk there. That's my dream. Make music that inspires people and makes them smile when things are hard.

[@noterrormanagement]

May we never need it again, nor our descendants.

[@RodasTadeus]

To say so, you are indeed in a quite privileged situation. I lived in the uk and was homeless for week during the winter due to a bureaucratic blunder 🤬 so. Just to point out in most of the world, this is indeed needed as a human, cold kills more than the common cold.

[@noterrormanagement]

​@RodasTadeus Not sure how you got that from my comment, it was just a general wishing for prosperity. Undoubtedly (and as the video's subject would admit) we live in better times now than humanity ever had, in times where we voluntarily go out to nature for recreation and not out of need, and it would be truly sad to see all that progress unwind.

[@RodasTadeus]

@@noterrormanagement I'm saying that , in my opinion, even in said prosperity we may need said knowledge, and surely i needed it in my experience. Hopefully all goes well even along down your bloodline but i wouldn't count on it and I would surely relly on said knowledge. Even if it's not man made, nature itself brings their challanges. In short, I'm dismissing your wistful thinking, respectfully. We will always need it, we still do as a whole.

[@wild-radio7373]

Music. What keeps me going is music ❤ I sing Aesop Rock lyrics and just keep swimming

[@gregoryoutdoors]

Very true, all of it is important especially being strong mentaly and will to live like you guys doing Cape Wrath 12 years ago haha Hope you do another hike maybe Rob Roy Way and to see his grave jard on the way etc😊 Its a nice one, I have done it or maybe something else?

[@thegrim418]

Survival instincte are dwindling fast. I don't mean skills to surve the end of the world, I mean basic sense and preservation. I saw a ring camera video just yesterday of a man with a tray of flaming food walking it out of his house, off of his paved sidewalk, onto his dry grass, set the grass on fire, then trying to stomp out the fire with his slippers....while there was a sprinkler on a hose running pointed in the other direction 4 feet away from him.

[@marcusfridh8489]

It is bot so much about the decline of instincts, but rather that comfort is a strong addiction. And also the lack of natural everyday survival education between the generations. Poverty in this modern world is the lack of money, while poverty in a natural society is the lack of survival and wilderness knowledge. And the hopelessness that comes with the state of the world of today, doesn't really help either.

[@vonziegler4577]

One day people will understand your advices ❤😊

[@jessedphillips]

And I use an actual Bible as my bible. And that gives me reason to live. I am made in God's image and am important because I am created with a purpose. I am okay if I die because I trust that God will take care of me and eternity, but I know that God has plans for me in this life which may involve suffering and pain but which, when used in his will and with trust, will be for his glory and my eternal good and the good of others. My will to live is deeper than a simple desire to spread my seed or to live my life, it is based in God's plan which is eternal. I love survival skills and prepping and planning ahead but, without an eternal and durable tether, none of it matters. Love and peace

[@jessedphillips]

I really liked your line that the wealth of information means the poverty of attention

[@matthabir4837]

Saint-Exupéry, writing of a fellow pilot stranded in the Andes Mountains, says that he (the pilot) told himself, 'If my wife knows that I am alive, she'll know that I am on my feet', and that kept him on his feet, and moving, until he walked his way out of the wilderness.

[@Zeithri]

Answer to the title: No, no it's not. But then again I kinda grew up in the Forest with the idea of " _HERE THERE BE DRAGONS._ " What would nurture my will to live? I don't have one but seeing as I've been running on willpower my entire life, I'd just keep going. I'd stake my life on this claim based on life experience. So I guess I have a lot of it, I just don't know it consciously. 1. I caution on the side of " _People are stupid so he probably means something stupid that I don't agree with and will argue against._ ". - waits to see what he says - Well.. okay I agree, because it's basically what I said on point 2. 2. I don't think so. I'd argue it all comes down to how people react in a Fight or Flight situation. If you are attacked, and you don't fight back, then you have a docile nature and is likely not suitable for survival. But if you are attacked, and even though you have no idea how to fight, you punch, kick and bite and throw yourself at it til you have nothing left - That's the key. To never give up. Yeah it goes without saying but I disagree on your list of weakening. I agree on KZbin, I disagree on technology but I guess I just have an easy time to cut it off for me. Then again, it weakens my will to *not* have Internet, because without internet, I feel incredibly disconnected and lonely. 3. Every day, and mostly when I go outside, I keep thinking what I'll do if people try to pick a fight with me or such. I have a lot of bad experiences in my life and those experiences dictates to me that I need to be prepared. Practice makes Perfect.

[@jasonbrannock1698]

I know what you mean about being an old soul in the modern world. I'm the descendent of the vikings and have no purpose in life. There's no glory to find.my Scottish ancestors are the Brannocks.hope you have a great day. F 🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺

[@lorifromtemeculaca426]

SUCH A PHENOMENAL THUMBNAIL, LAD!

[@KingEdwardtheTurbulentNeill26]

My will to live strengths are, adventure, playing Rugby, my niece and nephew, finding and collecting shiny things that I like for treasure, learning history of my family and clan the MacNeils of Barra, willing to learn new skills of things that I would like to do like blacksmithing and making my own jewellery and to be able to not rely on money to survive and live my life how I want to live it with freedom and with no corrupted politicians. My weakness would be my short temper and breaking things when I do, can be easily be distracted like if my favourite tv show is on and have made plans to do something on that day, needing money to be able to travel as I don't drive especially to be able to buy things that I want, I have a medical condition which I need to make sure I have enough insulin which has been stressful for me.

[@bigracer3867]

Food🎉🎉🎉🎉 I can do without a lot it I gots to eat!!

[@DaibhidhBhoAlba]

I had an accident and was bed bound for almost ten years. Most people would have topped themselves. I kept pushing on because I had the will power and believed life would get better. Eventually it did, but it was a very long slog. Now life is much better and happy. Many humans are simply to weak of mind to make it when life gets really hard. I know I can get through anything, but all around me I see weak people floundering over trivial issues. These people would not survive anything really hard. It's only comfy modern society that allows these weak people to survive.

[@Tom_Bee_]

A truly strong, compassionate person wouldn't be comparing themselves to others and finding the "others" wanting.

[@DaibhidhBhoAlba]

@Tom_Bee_ B0llocks. Look at the truly strong folk in the special forces and other walks of life where you need real grit, they rate the rest of the population all the time. Weak people are weak. They won't cease being weak by being molly coddled. Vei G compassionate also means being realistic and being able to be honest. Pretending that weak, flaky people are anything but that doesn't help them one jott. I saw those types topping themselves while I survived. You might not like the truth, but that doesn't make it untrue. True compassion and true strength includes the ability to tell it how it is, even if it's a bitter pill for some. You've clearly not had a relax struggle to get over or around, and if you think you have, it can't have been all that bad in the grand scheme. Get over yourself and drop the cringy pious act.

[@FalconWing1813]

Thanks for doing this Video , was a good wake up call for me.

[@maureencallahan1604]

I don't think that we lose it but we definitely forget it because we don't use it in the city. People faced with a riot ore some sort of sudden violence may suddenly discover that there since of survival is still there but they don't know what to do with it. Civilization does degrade our need for discipline it makes things too easy to get so we don't appreciate the effort and we are very careless and wasteful.

[@zaqarius]

More book recs

[@johnstuartkeller5244]

9:32 It strikes me that, according to your list, it seems that music and a sense of humor run counter to civilization, or at least excessive civilization.

[@grisha4167]

I had this book as a kid Выживание по методам САС

[@dianaryan1061]

It was black screen. Keep up! For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, for Jerusalem’s sake I will not remain quiet, till her righteousness shines out like the dawn, her salvation like a blazing torch. Isaiah 62:1

[@LPRH246]

A island maiden washed up on the shore

[@abstracttechnician2750]

Are we losing the will to survive or are more people who would have died in childhood lasted longer?

[@Tom_Bee_]

Let's not pretend that the maladies of the "good old days" spared the "worthy".

[@Nothinghereeither]

love your videos hope you find the will to continue

[@Kamuhoro]

05:06 Hilarious😂

[@davidgaver8659]

My will to live. The thing that would keep me going, is my daughter.

[@johanlarsson3644]

What will keep me going? Well family and the fact it will always annoy someone that i am alive

[@AgentTrust]

❤

[@gerardvanengelen9001]

Inspiring video. I grew up without most of today’s technology and see that as a blessing now.

[@GrandmaGingersFarm]

HalleluYAH

[@frigidmonk]

Good question?🙋 Now, that I’m thinking about a “will to live” I realize that I have, for all my life, been caught up in the years on end, 24/7, daily grind that I pathetically find myself and ask, do I even have “a will to live”? At 03:58 AM, 58 years, the year of our Lord TODAY, I come to the realization that I am only going through the motions of existing and have set aside, failed to ponder, WHATEVER, any real thought as to my “will to live.” As if “putting one foot in front of the other” has been any kind of deep philosophical journey of discovery and purpose, it hasn’t. Ah yes, HELLO there mid-life crisis, I was wondering when you’d show up?🤦🏼‍♂️ I hate and love how your video popped up in my feed this morning to remind me I merely exist…OMG!😳 🤷‍♂️🤯 I can say for now anyway, that my “will to live” is going to be focused on pondering the question a BARD once said through the lips of a Danish prince, “to be or not to be?” Yeah, thanks for this!🤦🏼‍♂️ 🤣 🤯 Now I’m the widower trope I have seen all those Hallmark movies. 🤣 Challenge accepted! Thank you for the video. Namaste friend. 🙏🏻😎🇺🇸

[@Mr-Foad]

At a Biology level we are still CAVEMEN, our biology has not evolved as fast as civilisation. Cavemen never had mortages, constant information, cars/traffic, work pressure, recessions, austerity and all the other modern pressures we have now. FIRE and being near water will help calm most people probably due to our old caveman Neurocircuits. Much of caveman life was life or death and danger but it was simpler.

[@tacituskilgore8379]

Just the fact my ex wife hates me so much will get me through any situation. After all, I survived her cooking.

[@joninature]

love this 😀

[@FalconWing1813]

Honestly our civilization would be better off going back to basics like farming and making things by hand. Leave the technology to the health industry. Alot of all this is driven by greed at the higher levels. They need us to keep pushing forward and buying new cell phones lol lol

[@michaelcarey3105]

I was talking to an old friend who is 67 years old about what to do if society collapsed, war came, etc. and life became primitive without the grid, services, heat, etc..He believed me foolish to store gear and supplies as well as hunting/trapping. He said 'Would you really want to live like that, like an animal?' In other words he'd rather die than face hardship and discomfort and he's 67! Civilization and luxury definitely have lethal effects on the survival instinct.

[@jill-ti7oe]

😄👍🤙

[@gildasmagtured]

Toujours tres interessant et sympathique 👍vive l'Ecosse !

[@jamesbarry1673]

Try growing up gay in Brooklyn in the '70s and '80s and then get back to me about survival.😅

[@drewmorrison7536]

I think you've hit a nerve. Keep going!

[@DebleeThree]

No wonder I liked you. I threw my TV out 20+ years ago. I suspect we are a tiny minority in the Western world.