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“Her voice was falsely cheerful. Paul didn’t like it. Neither the tone of her voice nor the restless look in her eyes. *I’m behaving badly*, that look said. It roused his caution and made him put his guard up” (p. 235, Stephen King, *Misery*)

“And in *The portable Homeland* (2026), another—ironic—key emerges: old moral norms prescribed fleeing ‘loneliness and darkness’ to avoid a fall—demonstrating how the discourse of danger historically serves to police rather than to protect.

If Ré Crivello has an answer, it would be this: one does not flee danger; one inhabits it with lucidity, because flight is often just another form of trap.” (Response from the app where all his books are stored for public access) (Link)

The discourse of danger is very present these days in a certain city: Ceuta. Yet it is intrinsic to *Sapiens*; through it, we have discovered spaces and territories, or even broken off relationships formed in a matter of days. A Mr. and Mrs. X meet and fall in love (she is married), but that volcano of passion vanishes after a few months when one of them realizes that the danger posed by a new life outweighs the stability of their daily existence. We collect these stories in the hundreds of TV series we watch.

It is as if we perceive this state of affairs—and often do: “fleeing danger is almost illusory, because relating to another is nearly inevitable, and resources are finite,” I wrote a few years ago in my book *La Isla* (The Island). Yet I must admit that the nuances of my reflections have shifted. Now, many flee before that relationship is even established. Fear and danger lurk in the face of the commitment we are called upon to make.

To survive in the human jungle, many take refuge in liquid, ephemeral relationships; it seems to offer them a shield against what lies ahead. Once settled in this psychological state, they extend it to infinity—much like the «Mrs. X» I mentioned earlier.

Yet that instinct for sensing danger is flawed, and I will explain why. This is where my *Sapiens* nature kicks in—the drive to build new worlds, whether of clay or iron; love, the act of seeking, and the decision to cast aside fear are what guide us toward these new worlds.

Give it a try! Let’s give it a try! Survival always ensures triumph over fear.

Note: We humans have made it this far thanks to this rational love for the unexpected—even when it terrifies us.