Benefits Quote by Ben Bernanke

Through the evolutionary process, those who are able to engage in social cooperation of various sorts do better in survival and reproduction.

— Robert Nozick

There's a lot of evidence in evolutionary sciences that show that altruism and acting in ways that are empathetic to others are actually beneficial…

— Neill Blomkamp

“Evolution does not necessarily reward intelligence. With no natural predators to thin the herd, it begins to simply reward those who reproduce the most…

— Mike Judge

Humans are distinguished from other species by a massive brain that enables us to imagine a future and influence it by what we do…

— David Suzuki

There is a whole field of inquiry that has come up in the last 30 or 40 years - some call it sociobiology or…

— Richard Dawkins

Animals have genes for altruism, and those genes have been selected in the evolution of many creatures because of the advantage they confer for…

— Lewis Thomas

“Across generations, wariness of new individuals, groups, and ideas was built into the circuits of the human brain's alarm response because those who had…

— Bruce D. Perry

“Thus, evolution has shaped our brains so that we are hardwired to suffer psychologically: to compare, evaluate, and criticize ourselves, to focus on what…

— S.J. Scott

“Evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, for example, might be a bit less certain in his gloomy assessment of human nature: “Be warned that if you…

— Christopher Ryan

“Rewards of the Tribe We are a species that depends on each other. Rewards of the tribe, or social rewards, are driven by our…

— Nir Eyal

As a social primate species, we modulate our morals with signals from family, friends and social groups with whom we identify because in our…

— Michael Shermer

Growing up human is uniquely a matter of social relations rather than biology. What we learn from connections within the family takes the place…

— Elizabeth Janeway