The Role of the Herd in Human Behavior

Bob Greene: I was looking at some videotape from this film that I did a few years back. And to watch the hours and hours of outtakes were much more interesting than probably what we had a chance to put it in the film for a few minutes. We are looking at each other, sometimes in fear, sometimes in lust, sometimes in envy. The thing is, is that we're comparing ourselves to them. It's a typical strategy for well-being. Every creature on this planet with a backbone has a pecking order, a hierarchy.

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