<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Human beings are rank-sensitive, coalition-forming... > Human beings are rank-sensitive, coalition-forming primates living inside elaborate symbolic institutions. We still read confidence, affiliation, reciprocity, and status, but modern power also flows through credentials, records, contracts, algorithms, offices, and organizations that extend far beyond face-to-face hierarchy. **Source:** [[livestreams/Returning to Your Power — Part One — Systems, Fear, and the Creator Within - Workbook|Returning to Your Power — Part One — Systems, Fear, and the Creator Within]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Human beings are rank-sensitive, coalition-forming primates living inside elaborate symbolic institutions. We still read confidence, affiliation, reciprocity, and status, but modern power also flows through credentials, records, contracts, algorithms, offices, and organizations that extend far beyond face-to-face hierarchy.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-human-beings-rank-face-face-hierarchy ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->