Humans have fragile selves that need social approval to survive

Evidence

In Chapter One, we were concerned, in part, with just what kind of creature the human being is, anyway. At that time, it was suggested, in so many words, that it is the sort of creature who likes to “do right,” who likes to keep its best “face” forward, as it were. Having, as it does, a rather fragile self, it prefers not to expose this self to ridicule or embarrassment or other degrading experiences. It likes, that is, to have as many humans as possible (but particularly those for whom it cares) consider it a fine fellow. Being considered a fine fellow, however, turns out to be something less than a lead-pipe cinch, since the possibilities for doing the wrong thing in the wrong place at the wrong time are rampant. — Lyn H. Lofland, World of Strangers_ Order and Action in…, 537

Categorization

• XREF: Echoes Goffman’s face-work and the dramaturgical self central to urban interactionist sociology. — connects to: Fragility is a human import, a probability of non-being founded on individualizing limitation.; Feed the need for others’ approval and self-construction is impaired. — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 1454