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#545 - Chris Von Rueden - How Did Human Leadership Evolve?

Modern Wisdom

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Are Leaders Altruistic or Selfish?

Leaders take on leadership roles because they really feel like they're being altruistic and helping the group. Or they're doing it for selfish motivations and like they have designs to actually enrich themselves. At an ultimate level, perhaps that more that pro social motivation of leaders can be explained by the sort of ways that that actually, you know, tended to generate positive reputations, increase your status, that kind of thing.

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