] "In childhood, a modern person travels an enormous
] distance between stone-age primitive creature and
] responsible contemporary citizen. When confronted with
] the awesome power of civilization whose first
] representatives are parents, teachers, priests (and,
] later on, police officers, legislators and bosses) the
] child faces, psychologically, the same situation as its
] tribal ancestors, namely, conform to the dictates of
] civilization or die. "

The Machine in our Heads--Glenn Parton