>>22161 I'll let an Anthropologist explain it. ... "We live in a hero system" “man’s tragic destiny” The "Ache of Cosmic Specialness"
In short, people in search of heroism are driven to attach themselves to something big, something they deem to be of supreme importance. We ride the coattails of a cause larger than ourselves and, most importantly, we desperately want the cause to be successful and to outlive us. To further satisfy our call to heroism, we can mentally exaggerate the size of the small part we play in this larger heroic machine. In this way, we delude ourselves into believing that we are participating in life meaningfully, even heroically.
