"Survival of the fittest doesn't mean survival of the richest" - great point(!) that will nonetheless not be believed by wealthy egotists.
Empathy, a social emotion that supports functional families and communities, persists because it aids in our survival. It definitely has roots in mammals that evolved earlier than humans. Some glitch i…
"Survival of the fittest doesn't mean survival of the richest" - great point(!) that will nonetheless not be believed by wealthy egotists.
Empathy, a social emotion that supports functional families and communities, persists because it aids in our survival. It definitely has roots in mammals that evolved earlier than humans. Some glitch in human evolution allowed some people to be more susceptible to a lack of social emotions - research shows a significant genetic component. But environment plays a big role too - if an environment is very stressful, chaotic, non-nurturing, and there is no empathic role model early on, that can spell big trouble for people with even a small genetic loading. However they got that way, our ruling oligarchs haven't a shred of empathy, and that lack has rapidly metastasized (since Trump 1.0) throughout Republicans in government. At some point in groups, a "crowd" mentality takes over and people just hop on the bandwagon.
"Survival of the fittest doesn't mean survival of the richest" - great point(!) that will nonetheless not be believed by wealthy egotists.
Empathy, a social emotion that supports functional families and communities, persists because it aids in our survival. It definitely has roots in mammals that evolved earlier than humans. Some glitch in human evolution allowed some people to be more susceptible to a lack of social emotions - research shows a significant genetic component. But environment plays a big role too - if an environment is very stressful, chaotic, non-nurturing, and there is no empathic role model early on, that can spell big trouble for people with even a small genetic loading. However they got that way, our ruling oligarchs haven't a shred of empathy, and that lack has rapidly metastasized (since Trump 1.0) throughout Republicans in government. At some point in groups, a "crowd" mentality takes over and people just hop on the bandwagon.