For me, the single most important question is how to construct a society that is just, safe, peaceful - all those good things - when people finally accept that there is no free will. — Robert Sapolsky Copy Share Image
I expected social rank to be the determining factor in health, and in some ways that's true. But far more important is what sort of society that rank occurs in. Being low ranking in a benevolent troop is a hell… — Robert Sapolsky Copy Share Image
You don't want to end up telling somebody who's homeless or a refugee that stress is all perceptual, because it sure isn't in those… — Robert Sapolsky Copy Share Image
I think the relationship between social-dominance orientation in people and the extent to which they're made uncomfortable by ambiguity and novelty is really important.… — Robert Sapolsky Copy Share Image
Depression is like the worst disease you can get. It's devastating. — Robert Sapolsky Copy Share Image
Juvenile justice is probably the area that's most ripe for reform, in the nice liberal sense of the word, simply because there's no getting… — Robert Sapolsky Copy Share Image
When it comes to how neuroscience could help the wider public, the worst thing is when we make advances in, say, mindfulness, and then… — Robert Sapolsky Copy Share Image
Literal cleanliness and orderliness can release us from abstract cognitive and affective distress - just consider how, during moments where life seems to be… — Robert Sapolsky Copy Share Image
“Words unconsciously shift thoughts and feelings. One person's 'terrorist' is another's 'freedom fighter'; politicians jockey to commandeer 'family values,' and somehow you can't favor… — Robert Sapolsky Copy Share Image
I think you get to a time in life where by definition stuff's turning to quicksand and wherever you can get some solid footing… — Robert Sapolsky Copy Share Image
Being president does seem a lot more stressful than being vice president. — Robert Sapolsky Copy Share Image
If a male primate is mean to a female primate, her whole family will come after him. We don't have that sort of accountability… — Robert Sapolsky Copy Share Image
