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因此原始人很大部分將自己的安全掌握在自己手中（不論是作為個體或一個小群體的成員），而現代人的安全則掌握在那些離他太遙遠或規模太龐大的人或組織中以致於他無法親身影響他們。因此現代人對安全的慾望往往落入第一類和第三類；在某些方面（食物或住處）他的安全僅需付出極低的努力即可獲得保證，然而在其他方面他不能獲取安全。（前述大幅簡化實際情形，但的確粗略概括的表明現代人的狀況和原始人有何差異。）

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Thus primitive man for the most part has his security in his own hands (either as an individual or as a member of a SMALL group) whereas the security of modern man is in the hands of persons or organizations that are too remote or too large for him to be able personally to influence them. So modern man’s drive for security tends to fall into groups 1 and 3; in some areas (food, shelter etc.) his security is assured at the cost of only trivial effort, whereas in other areas he CANNOT attain security. (The foregoing greatly simplifies the real situation, but it does indicate in a rough, general way how the condition of modern man differs from that of primitive man.)