19/08/2021
I’ve observed that people have an extreme capacity for vitriol against one another. The world is divided into camps of pro-this and anti-that. Why? Is it genetically coded into our DNA? E.O. Wilson’s article in Newsweek makes a good case for that position ( https://www.newsweek.com/biologist-eo-wilson-why-humans-ants-need-tribe-64005 ). What about altruism? It, too, is instinctive ( https://theconversation.com/extreme-altruists-motivated-by-gut-instinct-study-32855…