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Podcast: The Neurodivergent Professor
Episode: KEW Episode 144: Why Good People Do Bad Things
Description: Are humans inherently evil? There’s a popular hypothesis that says we are. It’s a great excuse for bad behavior. But believing we can’t help ourselves has never set well with me. Kind of like when some guys use ‘millions of years of evolution’ as an excuse to not be monogamous.My hypothesis is that humans aren’t inherently evil, and I’m going to tell you why.In Rutger Bregman’s ‘Humankind: A Hopeful History’, he makes a convincing case for why he doesn’t think humans are evil. He cites another book, Wil...