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#19: Sam McNerney – Ukraine, Russian Propaganda & Information Warfare

The Josh Boone Show

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What's the Selection Mechanism?

Nival Noah Harari, I don't remember if it was in sapiens or he talked about it on a podcast. He talked about how like there were peaceful, like civilizations and communities,. Like there were actually like altruistic benevolent leaders that had these little tribes. And those didn't survive because they got killed. So what happened is that it kind of self selected for a lot of narcissists and like sociopaths. Those are the people that survived and survival of the fittest. You know, so it's just like, I cannot begin to tell you how much I wish we live in a benevolent world. That would be my dream.

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