It's not a matter of IQ (capacity), to say it's of ego (status) is closer to the mark.
Do they recognize or respect my status markers, or not? For instance, I wouldn't know whether a NASCAR mechanic is talking out his ass, so I don't know where he ranks on his tribe's totem pole. "Don't you know who I am?", they demand.
It's the sounds they make. Our hoots and calls determine if we're from the right tree.
Am I surrounded by friendly monkeys, or stranger monkeys? Because everybody knows those monkeys from that tree over there are crazy, stupid, and dangerous.
(The problem is, those monkeys believe the same thing about me. I don't make the right sounds.)
Disproportionate self importance is part of the problem
It's not a matter of IQ (capacity), to say it's of ego (status) is closer to the mark.
Do they recognize or respect my status markers, or not? For instance, I wouldn't know whether a NASCAR mechanic is talking out his ass, so I don't know where he ranks on his tribe's totem pole. "Don't you know who I am?", they demand.
It's the sounds they make. Our hoots and calls determine if we're from the right tree.
Am I surrounded by friendly monkeys, or stranger monkeys? Because everybody knows those monkeys from that tree over there are crazy, stupid, and dangerous.
(The problem is, those monkeys believe the same thing about me. I don't make the right sounds.)