It was actually last year when I discovered the Street Beefs channel on Youtube, a feed which shows backyard boxing and mixed martial arts (MMA) contests.
At first Street Beefs may seem too brutal and primal for some, it originally started out as a conduit for sorting out problems arising on the street, hence the name. However now it has evolved into the perfect environment for men, both young and old, to prove themselves as men.
In our modern world today there are few areas in which a young man can prove his masculinity without endangering his life or getting in serious trouble.
Modern living has left us in a situation whereby we are comfortable with our lives, we no longer have to hunt and gather in order to survive. We have signed a social smart contract with each other which stops us sliding into anarchy with every person taking what they want, when they want.
Our neolithic ancestors would have had plenty of chances to let of aggression, using violence as a way to keep the group in check. Now we are more sophisticated than that, yet social evolution moves at a lightning pace, compared to the snail's pace of biological evolution.
This is why I believe things like Street Beefs are needed, and why it is such compelling entertainment.
