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Never in Anger: Portrait of an Eskimo Family by Jean L. Briggs is an anthropological study examining the emotional lives and social behavior of an Inuit community in the Canadian Arctic. On an episode of Modern Wisdom titled The Evolutionary Psychology Of Bullying, released on June 5, 2023, guest Tony Volk discussed the publication. Volk mentioned that this specific text was one of the key works that initially tuned him into evolutionary research. He brought up Jean L. Briggs's detailed observations to help illustrate discussions surrounding ancestral bullying, emotional regulation, and social norms among the Inuit.
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“interestingly one of you know one of the things that really tuned me into the evolutionary research is a book by Jean Briggs never in anger”