The whole society keeps emphasizing how important it is to make money, buy big houses, gain social status, be pretty, dress well, use makeup, but deep down, all of these simply for one purpose: finding a good partner.
Yet we are barely taught how to be self-aware, how to communicate better, how to form deep connections, and how to sustain long-term happiness.
To be fair, evolutionary speaking "finding a good partner" is THE big deal, after not dying 😅
I think those cualities you speak in the second part of your note, were taught by religions historically wich also moderated the natural impulses you describe first.
Now people is left without that general guide for life some things spiral out of control, like an arms race that pushes us to only pursuit the best social status, or to be the most sexually atractive, etc...🧐🤔
