1/ Even now the candidate who is taller has a statistical better chance of winning. It's the vestige of pre-historic times in which whoever was the tallest person in the tribe stood the greatest chance of seeing dangers that were looming such as tigers, elephants, or adversaries.
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2/ Today someone's height has nothing to do with capacity to discern looming threats. But we still need a leader who can "see further," which today is neither height nor traditional political acumen. It's reverence for planet, people & animals, and a knowledge of cause and effect

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3/ If we don't take care of the earth environmental catastrophe looms. If we don't take care of children future chaos looms. If there's no economic justice violent revolution looms. The capacity to discern what "will" happen, not just what "is" happening, is key to our survival.
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5'9 isn't short right? I'm able to see danger from a distance?! Lol
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based Marianne defending manlets just made my day 10x brighter
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This level of self awareness of how we evolved and how our brains bias us is essential to making rational decisions today. If we understand this about ourselves we can each challenge ourselves to overcome our evolutionary bias no longer useful and use other criteria.
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On point and never boring! 💜