How can People be Influenced by their Environment?
How can people NOT be influenced by every tiny detail in their environment? How much they are influenced depends on the details, but everything influences everything! For example: A tiny breeze which lifts a speck of dust which lands in someone’s sinus which causes their nose to run which provides the right environment for a bacteria that happened to be there to grow— so then, a gentle breeze cause a cold. Another good example, maybe you’ve seen, are those commercials that show a smile get passed around the world. The same is true for a frown. And, even if the next person didn’t smile/frown, they are still affected by their exposure to it. They will carry that experience to the next person they meet, and so, in some way they will be affected, too. We are amazingly sensitive to these tiny details. Consider things like colors in a room, or scents. People are a lot more prone to depression symptoms when they spend a lot of time in basements because of the hard, grey surroundings and low
