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我們認為現代人對於長壽的著迷，以及在年長時仍維持強健身體及性吸引力的著迷，是因權力進程的匱乏所導致不滿足的徵狀。「中年危機」亦是這樣的徵狀。缺乏對生養小孩的興趣在現代社會相當普遍也是如此，這在原始社會幾乎前所未聞。

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We suggest that modern man’s obsession with longevity, and with maintaining physical vigor and sexual attractiveness to an advanced age, is a symptom of unfulfillment resulting from deprivation with respect to the power process. The “mid-life crisis” also is such a symptom. So is the lack of interest in having children that is fairly common in modern society but almost unheard-of in primitive societies.