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The survival of the nicest

How Altruism Made Us Human and Why It Pays to Get Along

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The phrase 'survival of the fittest' conjures an image of the most cutthroat individuals rising to the top. But Stefan Klein, author of the international bestseller The Science of Happiness, makes the startling assertion that the key to achieving lasting personal and societal success lies in helping others. Klein argues that altruism is in fact our defining characteristic: natural selection favoured those early humans who cooperated in groups. With their survival more assured, our altruistic ancestors were free to devote brainpower to developing intelligence, language, a

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The survival of the nicest, Stefan Klein

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Pubblicato
2014
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Titolo
The survival of the nicest
Sottotitolo
How Altruism Made Us Human and Why It Pays to Get Along
Lingua
Inglese
Editore
Scribe
Pubblicato
2014
Formato
In brossura
Pagine
272
ISBN10
1922247626
ISBN13
9781922247629
Serie
Descrizione
The phrase 'survival of the fittest' conjures an image of the most cutthroat individuals rising to the top. But Stefan Klein, author of the international bestseller The Science of Happiness, makes the startling assertion that the key to achieving lasting personal and societal success lies in helping others. Klein argues that altruism is in fact our defining characteristic: natural selection favoured those early humans who cooperated in groups. With their survival more assured, our altruistic ancestors were free to devote brainpower to developing intelligence, language, a