It's in our nature to live in caves, hunt and gather, die very young, lose most of our children before they turn 5, and murder each other over food and sex. But

It's in our nature to live in caves, hunt and gather, die very young, lose most of our children before they turn 5, and murder each other over food and sex. But reason and compassion [1] also is in our nature, and using it we've built great things far beyond those other things. [1] I'm not entirely sure "compassion" encompasses it, but I'll go with it.