<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Beneath our civilized vocabulary remains an... > Beneath our civilized vocabulary remains an organism continually making decisions under pressures of risk, reward, threat, scarcity, reproductive interest, social standing, belonging and survival, and the decisions are made faster than language and narrated afterward. **Source:** [[books/Chimping Out|Chimping Out]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Beneath our civilized vocabulary remains an organism continually making decisions under pressures of risk, reward, threat, scarcity, reproductive interest, social standing, belonging and survival, and the decisions are made faster than language and narrated afterward.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-beneath-civilized-vocabulary-language-narrated-afterward ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->