Tribe quotes
by Sebastian Junger
4 signature lines from the chapter summaries — auto-extracted, attributed, ready to share. Each quote links back to its chapter on Read Stacks.
“The book's argument from this opening is that modern affluence has produced material wealth at the cost of the tribal conditions humans evolved within.”
“The puzzle Junger most directly investigates is why some war veterans report missing the war after they return home.”
“The practical move is to build the tribal conditions deliberately, without waiting for catastrophe to impose them.”
“Junger ends the book with the practical question: what can a modern society do to give its members the tribal conditions humans evolved within.”
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