Jonathan Haidt — The Psychology of Self-Righteousness
On Being with Krista Tippett
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Is That Really What We Are All About?
I think we're all interested in our origins. Where do we come from? Why are we this way? When I first read Richard Dawkins, when I first read The Selfish Gene and I began to learn about evolution, I felt, oh my God, it all makes so much sense. This is why we are the way we are. And I find it gives me a lot of compassion for us as a species because, you know, people love to shake their heads and say, "We're such monsters" But I have very, very low expectations. We're like chimpanzees that actually figured out how to get along amazingly well - not hurt each other, not hit each other. It
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