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The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
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What Is Human Nature?
There is a wide range of human nature. For instance, we are not solitary animals like leopards or jaguars. We care about the present more than the future. As biological organisms, care about social status. But i'm just wondering, why have you spent a good portion of your academic, erudite experience looking at human behavior? Why? I've been icongess for forty something years now. And it was a reaction against the standard model. Now, purely selfish, don't care about others. So that's, that's what micro economics teaches, is that i can't care about your well being. Yo, has a basic micro economic model, yes.
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