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What this book knows
Human behavior—from violence to kindness—is the layered output of biology, evolution, and culture acting across multiple timescales.
obedience-and-authority
two buttons pressed simultaneously by two different people—a random generator secretly determined which syringe emptied into a human, allowing each to think they may not have given any drug
VLA-E6AC32CF-RC-303when Thems do something wrong it's because they're rotten; when Us-es do it, it's because of extenuating circumstance—insight into internal state comes easiest for oneself
VLA-E6AC32CF-RC-317it is not until cultures regularly involve anonymous strangers that a judgmental moralizing deity becomes commonplace—religion scales social control
VLA-E6AC32CF-RC-407mind-and-cognition
moral imperatives hammered in with such urgency that doing the right thing has virtually become a spinal reflex—honesty need not always be conscious struggle
VLA-E6AC32CF-RC-336no rational person who rejects free will believes we should do nothing about criminals—rejecting free will transforms how we respond, not whether we respond
VLA-E6AC32CF-RC-397ambition-and-status
winning a fight on home territory produces long-lasting increases in testosterone receptors, enhancing its pleasurable effects; even a parasite can make rats less fearful of predators
VLA-E6AC32CF-RC-100Illuminates
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