#594 - Dr Richard Wrangham - The Incredible Evolution Of Human Violence
Modern Wisdom
The Ability to Execute Another Member of Your Own Group Changes Society
It is different from when you're attacking a member of another group, because then you can all agree./nBut the emotions are mixed when you're talking about individuals within the same group./nAnd the solution to that is sufficiently good language, where individuals can talk to each other and get a real sense of reassurance, slowly developing, just floating an idea./nSo that guy is a little bit weird recently, don't you think? And eventually getting confidence that yes, okay, let's agree. He really deserves to be sent back to the witches./nAnd we'll get him. And we'll all agree./nAnd that's it. Now this ability to execute another member of your own group changes society hugely, because until then, almost unimaginably for humans as we grow up in society today, we would have had a really bullying system.
