Being Kind Is Our Default Response, Contrary to Popular Belief
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To describe humans as innately selfish creatures (a) misunderstands some of our most important scientific and evolutionary theories and (b) is empirically false. A person’s first impulse is generally toward generosity, not meanness.Emma Seppälä’s book is “The Happiness Track: How to Apply the Science of Happiness to Accelerate Your Success”
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