Why We Fight and Punish: A Q&A With Robert Sapolsky

Why We Fight and Punish: A Q&A With Robert Sapolsky

In my usual,defense of the internet:

“But something I’m kind of optimistic about is social media, which is just turning out to be so powerful. It’s a way to subliminally reach people and get them to adopt completely different mindsets about “us”es and “them”s. For instance, we have the technological capacity for you to get up in the morning and watch a family, anywhere on this planet, eating breakfast, and subliminally, all you would get out of it is, “Wow, they’re just like me.”

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