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#531 - Russ Roberts - An Economist’s Guide To Life’s Big Decisions

Modern Wisdom

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The City of Emergence

Evolutionary psychology would say the reason that you want to be selfless to other people is for ultimately selfish ends. I think integrity and a sense of faith in your own character comes about from making decisions beyond simply a rational framework that you go through. It's something that's emergent. It applies, it comes out of you because you wanted to do it,. You have imbibed the right principles that turn you into the sort of personyou want to be. Some goals are best achieved by not thinking about the goals.

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