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FBL112: Chris Ryan - The Modern World vs Evolution

The Singularity Discussion Series

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The Role of the State in Human Nature

Are you kind of the Hobbesian or Roussean idea that we have a basic human nature that is being thwarted by modernization? And if we were able to change those narratives, maybe we could bring it back in alignment. "I align with the Roussean vision that human nature is innately skewed toward cooperation over conflict," he says. 'That's our innate predisposition to take care of each other'

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