Common denominator Quote by Brooke Gladstone

“Remember that in a threatening environment, the human brain becomes permanently organized for aggression.”

— Karen Armstrong

Aggression, like every other part of human behavior we take for granted, is a challenging engineering problem!

— Steven Pinker

We apply fight-or-flight reflexes not only to predators, but to data itself.

— Chris Mooney

“In any situation where our brains perceive extreme threat, the neocortex (the most recently evolved layer of the brain, which performs logical calculation) may…

— Martha N. Beck

“If we are not careful the result might be an Orwellian police state that constantly monitors and controls not only all our actions, but…

— Yuval Noah Harari

Here we find the moat of thieves. And just as a lizard, with a quick, slick slither, Flicks across the highway from hedge to…

— Dante Alighieri

“We learn to restrain ourselves as we get older. We keep apart when we have quarrelled, express ourselves in well-bred phrases, and in this…

— George Eliot

“Humans spend more time finding ways to fight and criticize who they consider a threat than actually learning how to overcome that threat.”

— Luis Marques

“It's the one thing we do better than any other animal. We communicate, cooperate, and make tools to extend our reach. Every new tool…

— Daniel H. Wilson

“We have to appreciate that our brains weren't born yesterday. We have mechanisms to warn of threats and guard against instability because they have…

— David DiSalvo

Well, it definitely comes as a challenge to act as enemies onscreen when you bond with the opposite person very well off-screen.

— Madhura Naik

It is a surprising fact that those who object most violently to the manipulation of behaviour nevertheless make the most vigorous effort to manipulate…

— Anonymous