MECHANISMS OF ESCAPE: Authoritarianism, destructiveness, conformity
As the only animal possessing self-awareness, imagination, and reason, humans are “the freak[s] of the universe”
Reason is both a curse and a blessing. - It is responsible for feelings of isolation and loneliness, but it is also the process that enables humans to become reunited with the world
On both a social and an individual level, this burden of freedom results in basic anxiety, the feeling of being alone in the world.
