Everyone has a need for significance and to be taken seriously. We desire to be important and to be recognised for our efforts. We get completely frustrated when we realise that our hard work has been a total waste. Interestingly, the need for significance seems to be relative. Some who may feel insignificant may bring other’s significant down as a measure to gain recognition. This leads to certain behaviours such as back-stabbing, ridiculing or even going as far as ruining someone else’s career or character.

As you can imagine, the need for significance leads to a lot of politics and diplomacy between people and indeed comes to define civilisations on this planet and it’s certain collective behaviours.