What motivates us

One of the most fascinating things about humans is what motivates us. In other words, why do we behave in certain ways and what drives it. Here I refer to all behaviour and not just to gender variance.

As humans we exhibit the largest range of behaviour of any species because as much as we are driven by instinct, our brains are geared towards expressing free will. The question which begs asking is how much is what we perceive as option is predestined by virtue of our genetics and rearing.

One thing is certain: we have great capacity for obfuscation and denial which just as easily talks us into things as well as out of them. Understanding ourselves becomes that much more complex when we are not able to discern how much of our motivation is well founded versus being pure folly and driven by self delusion.

Small wonder then that we gage ourselves through public opinion and try to conform when a truly objective measuring stick is not readily available