Because the world, for the most part, is (and always has been) a dangerous place and hate has proven to be a very useful (highly conserved through evolutionary

Because the world, for the most part, is (and always has been) a dangerous place and hate has proven to be a very useful (highly conserved through evolutionary time) adaptation to help keep small and delicate bands of our ancestors safe for one more day. You can see this bias towards negativity easily in the structure of basic emotions. There is one positive affect (happiness) and waaaaay more negative affects (fear, anger, disgust, sadness) and only one neutral (surprise). And those negative emotions are all very distinct. If you want more detail I can recommend over 120 hours of learning in the following (which I've watched and digested). They'll walk you through the details from the bottom to the top. - Watch Robert Sapolsky's lectures: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLD7E21BF91F3F9683 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLD7E21BF91F3F9683 Watch Jordan Peterson's Personality lectures: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYYJlNbV1OM&list=PL22J3VaeABQApSdW8X71Ihe34eKN6XhCi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYYJlNbV1OM&list=PL22J3VaeAB... and his Maps of Meaning Lectures: (or read the book or listen to the audio book) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8Xc2_FtpHI&list=PL22J3VaeABQAT-0aSPq-OKOpQlHyR4k5h https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8Xc2_FtpHI&list=PL22J3VaeAB...