Comments by "antonyjh1234" (@antonyjh1234) on "The Evolutionary Psychology Of Human Friendship - Robin Dunbar" video.

Who you are is usually what you are. If you are an angry person, that's who and what you are, same can be applied to happy, honest, lazy/hardworking etc Social groups are because of what works and we are like all other animals, we copy each other and groups can give confirmation bias of what's right a lot more than being alone.
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SO friends are just people you can use?
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@bruswain9158 You have friends that want to use others too? For social elevation within a hierarchy, that only works if you have others kept low, in effect the "low in the group" are the most important, without them, your ranking wouldn't exist..
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@bruswain9158 Define top.. You would have to keep people down for your imaginary ranking to exist, that doesn't make anybody a good person. Who you are is what you are, if you are a person that can't build others up then that's who you are, if you are trying to keep others down, that's who and what you are as opposed to the opposite, somebody who doesn't deserve respect imo, therefore your ranking would be much lower and apparently subjective. The person at the bottom might realise this and builds you up, making them the better person, yes? Is it possible at the bottom there is less of a ranking loss, less pressure and therefore more freedom?
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@kristinbutler422 What you are saying is being aware of your triggers means you can choose how you are?
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