#gh

Yeah, well when I first started working, it was $5 a show; it was probably a little higher by the time I got to my own show, but I remember that they put me under contract at $100 a week, which to me was really an astronomical price. ↗

— Jim Henson

#by the time #contract #first #got #higher

High status males had multiple wives or additional mating opportunities in the ancestral environment. ↗

— Keith Henson

#ancestral #environment #had #high #males

Attention is the way social primates measure status. It is highly rewarding because it causes the release of brain chemicals such as dopamine and endorphins. ↗

— Keith Henson

#because #brain #causes #chemicals #highly

Brigham Young had 47 children, and over 50 women as wives. ↗

— Keith Henson

#children #had #over #wives #women

Cults, or related social movements such as the Taliban in Afghanistan, result in massive military expenses. ↗

— Keith Henson

#cults #expenses #massive #military #movements

Fighting hard to protect yourself and your relatives is good for your genes, but when captured and escape is not possible, giving up short of dying and making the best you can of the new situation is also good for your genes. ↗

— Keith Henson

#best #captured #dying #escape #fighting

I can't think of anyone who is up on evolutionary psychology and related areas who is deluded enough to be called a utopian. ↗

— Keith Henson

#areas #called #deluded #enough #evolutionary

Primates will continue to play social games without the least insight into what is killing them. ↗

— Keith Henson

#games #insight #into #killing #least

The rare person is still interested in new advances when they are adults. There is possibly a correlation with intelligence. In any case, you have to be fairly bright to keep learning and changing attitudes as you get older. ↗

— Keith Henson

#any #attitudes #bright #case #changing

I never forget my old days and I never fly too high I have my feet fixed firmly on the ground! ↗

— Natasha Henstridge

#feet #firmly #fixed #fly #forget