> "Kindness, intelligence, and humor" are not only not required, but often seen as weakness. There's some merit to thinking that way because when things get tou

> "Kindness, intelligence, and humor" are not only not required, but often seen as weakness. There's some merit to thinking that way because when things get tough those traits aren't going to help you very much. Actually, those traits will get you much further than brute force and ignorance. Humans are social. Treating your social group well will generally get you a lot further than not. (Other social groups is a debateable issue. But if you want to survive winter then you'll want everyone pulling together and supporting each other.)