做自己意味着什么？”他问。“如果要做您认为应该做的事情，那么您已经对此做了。如果这意味着您可以像豁免社会的影响力一样，那是世界上最糟糕的建议。您可能会停止洗澡和穿衣服。“做自己”的建议显然是胡说八道。但是，我们的脑子接受了这种肚子作为智慧，因为它更舒适地相信我们有一种生活策略，而不是相信我们不知道如何行事。
(What does it mean to be yourself?" he asked. "If itmeans to do what you think you ought to do, then you'redoing that already. If it means to act like you're exemptfrom society's influence, that's the worst advice in theworld; you would probably stop bathing and wearing clothes.The advice to 'be yourself' is obviously nonsense. But ourbrains accept this tripe as wisdom because it is more comfortableto believe we have a strategy for life than to believewe have no idea how to behave.)