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Ep 24: Gossip as a survival skill
So, what did we learn? Gossip isn’t just a guilty pleasure or a toxic habit. It’s a deeply human behavior rooted in survival, shaped by culture, and powered by our need to understand the people around us. From early human tribes to Slack channels, from harmless chatter to harmful rumors, gossip is how we bond, how we learn, how we enforce unspoken rules, and sometimes, how we protect one another. It can connect us or divide us, depending on how we use it. But the core truth is this: talking about others especially when they’re not in the room isn’t just what people do. It’s what people have always done to make sense of the world and their place in it. Gossip isn’t the problem. Thoughtless gossip is. And thoughtful gossip? That might just be a survival skill we’re not giving enough credit.
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By OniSo, what did we learn? Gossip isn’t just a guilty pleasure or a toxic habit. It’s a deeply human behavior rooted in survival, shaped by culture, and powered by our need to understand the people around us. From early human tribes to Slack channels, from harmless chatter to harmful rumors, gossip is how we bond, how we learn, how we enforce unspoken rules, and sometimes, how we protect one another. It can connect us or divide us, depending on how we use it. But the core truth is this: talking about others especially when they’re not in the room isn’t just what people do. It’s what people have always done to make sense of the world and their place in it. Gossip isn’t the problem. Thoughtless gossip is. And thoughtful gossip? That might just be a survival skill we’re not giving enough credit.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.