Self-awareness is what separates us from the beasts. Is it possible that some people have so much self awareness that they have no awareness left for others? Does this make them a higher form of life? It does not. This often seems to be an issue in crowded urban situations where space is limited and the art of politeness is a distant memory. In some situations individuals have raised this level of being inattentive to the needs of others to a zen like state :