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Chang'an avenue in Beijing
People living in a huge, crowded city may begin to feel insignificant.

Insignificance is a feeling that nothing you do matters, or that you are not important. People may feel this for many reasons. For example, having low self-esteem, being depressed, living in a large city with many people, comparing themselves to rich celebrity success stories, working in a large bureaucracy, or being in awe of a natural wonder.

People living in crowded, major cities may face feelings of insignificance. George Simmel says that when people live in a big city, they may start to feel like "...just another face in the crowd", it can "lead to feelings of insignificance...".

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  • ALICO Japan office

    White-collar workers in large, bureaucratic organizations may feel like insignificant parts of a machine.

  • Under the Milky Way in Black Rock Desert, Nevada

    A person viewing the Milky Way from a non-light polluted area (the Black Rock Desert, Nevada) may feel awe-struck and insignificant.

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