"I was out on the hills today, away from the modern crap, and I could feel the difference. What's more, I was a lot more contented. There has to be a reason for that."
Others, by the same token, are distinctly uncomfortable out in the hills. They are not truly at home unless in a city. I know plenty of people like this, although my own character is closer to what you describe.
I'm not denying that our consciousness has been molded by evolution. Clearly it has. But some things have undeniably changed in our psyche, and not because of evolution. Its hard to deny that today we (as a culture) believe ourselves nature's master. I'm sure that hunter-gatherers felt very differently. It certainly not good for us to consider ourselves master in this way, but its undeniable that we do.
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