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I read his newer book, "Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst". The book changed my view of the world quite a bit. Especially about wealth, pover
by xorfish 5y ago
I read his newer book, "Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst".
The book changed my view of the world quite a bit. Especially about wealth, poverty, crime and justice.
- guerrilla 5y ago> The book changed my view of the world quite a bit. Especially about wealth, poverty, crime and justice. How so?
- xorfish 5y agoNobody is really responsible for their behavior, their success or their misfortune. This changes quite a lot about justice. There is no such thing as a just punishment. Criminals should be viewed more like we view a broken car. If someone can't be "fixed", then it is reasonable to seperate them from society. But it should be done as humanely as possible. They are not "evil". Similarly, anyone that becomes successful should be viewed the same as a lottery winner: Just lucky. Bacause money has marginal utility for individual, redistribution of wealth becomes an optimizing game to maximize the average well beeing. There is a good Two Minute Papers that explores somthing like that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sr2ga3BBMTc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sr2ga3BBMTc Last poverty is not a moral failing. Just bad luck.