Ancient traits in a modern world | Sunetra Gupta, Anders Sandberg, Subrena Smith
Philosophy For Our Times
The Compatibility of Human Biology with the Modern World
The speaker reflects on the innate tendencies of humans, such as compassion, violence, and anxiety, and how they relate to the challenges of the modern world. They discuss the notion of 'innate' and its implications, arguing that biologists see it as a bankrupt concept. The chapter also explores the human disposition for violence and questions whether it is a result of natural selection.
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