Robert Wright: Non-Zero-Sumness, Empathy and Morality (HQ)

[MaikUniversum]

Very gut ;)

[mavinga]

but if the slave attempts to usurp the master (not by running away), but obtaining the master position itself, that is the day when this progress that we all fame about breaks down into inhumanity.

people today are killing each other in Africa over tribe, just yesterday the France assisted the Hutu regime in genocide, take a look at East Congo, these are not isolated criminal acts in the favelas in Brazil...humanity is not a revealed scientific universalistic religion its circular and organic

[mironez]

And yeah, great talk

[aaron0883]

great video

[MrCropper]

I'll try again, more politely because viewers should know: This guy doesn't know much about Greek history - the Greeks fought each other MORE after defeating the Persians, NOT less. SO he is either dishonest or uninformed.

Also, as per 10:40, he doesn't understand Islam. He ignores that question of WHAT would make the Muslims happy.

Hopefully that was polite enough not to be removed.

[mironez]

@MrCropper , I think at 10:40 he means it on a human level not religious (as in death to Americans happy) but rather not threatened by invasion, well fed, clothed, healthy, free to enjoy personal freedom and a bit more wealthy. There are studies that show that as the wealth and security goes up, religiousness and extremisms goes down. So I think he meant that. As to the Greeks, the point was that cultural evolution happens in correlation with broadening the notion of "us" with more of "them".

[kabukibunk]

@MrCropper

I think you have missed the point. And it sounds like you are doing so on purpose. Are the Greeks still fighting each other now? Furthermore, the purpose of this talk was to provide and explain the model, not answer the questions.