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#338 - Robert Wright - Psychology, Aliens & Averting The Apocalypse
Modern Wisdom
The Dukabayas and the Desire to Be Respected
The quest for esteem is the most natural thing in the world for human beings. We are designed by natural selection to want people to think highly of us. But we weren't designed to live in this environment where how much affirmation we're getting from all of these people who don't actually even know us. And it's a big problem for our society at large because Twitter, you know, social media tends to reward tribalistic behavior.
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