Post-Covid new normal: Why humans should 'be more dog' (and cat) to find the path to true wealth – Susan Murray Many of us will know or have children who ask “why” a lot – sometimes so often that no matter how much you want to encourage curiosity and learning, you lose patience and resort to phrases like “because I say so”. Friday, 7th May 2021, 7:00 am The phrase 'it's a dog-eat-dog world' is a corruption of an old Latin that 'a dog does not eat a dog' and curiosity doesn't have to kill the cat (Picture: Peter Endig/DPA/AFP via Getty Images)