A Book That Changed My Thinking I Robert Greene

I read a book that had a big impact on me called the fall of public Man by

Richard Senate in which he described Cafe life in London in the 18th century

or France and he was saying back then when you entered the public Arena or

your Cafe you knew you were an actor you left the house you put on the mask and

you had fun you know when you're a child you like playing games you like putting

on costumes you like playing your parents or some character you saw on TV

it's part of human nature we like to play these games and he was saying in

the 18th century that was just a given in life that when you entered the public

realm you knew you were an actor and then when you went home to your wife

your family or your husband or wherever you dropped the mask you breathe the

Deep Side relief go now I can be who I am and it wasn't a problem it didn't

create neuroses it didn't create this what's wrong with me I'm I don't know

who I am anymore the problem now is we don't have distance from that social

realm and so we think that if we're acting that's who we are well it's not

it's just that's part of being a social animal