People repeat behaviour that leads to flooding their brains with pleasurable chemicals. The short-term reward loop acts over hours to years, and the long-term reproductive success loop over generations.

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Fighting hard to protect yourself and your relatives is good for your genes, but when...

Fighting hard to protect yourself and your relatives is good for your genes, but when...

The information that is passed from person to person and from generation to generation is...

The information that is passed from person to person and from generation to generation is...

Action leads to Attention. that in the short-term releases Rewarding brain chemicals and in the...

Action leads to Attention. that in the short-term releases Rewarding brain chemicals and in the...

Children do not have to learn that streets are dangerous places by potentially fatal trial...

Children do not have to learn that streets are dangerous places by potentially fatal trial...

People can undergo a sudden change of thinking and loyalties under threat of death or...

People can undergo a sudden change of thinking and loyalties under threat of death or...

Attention is the way social primates measure status. It is highly rewarding because it causes...

Attention is the way social primates measure status. It is highly rewarding because it causes...

Genetic studies in Iceland have found that many of the women who were the founding...

Genetic studies in Iceland have found that many of the women who were the founding...

People under the influence of cults is similar to that we observe in addicts. Typical...

People under the influence of cults is similar to that we observe in addicts. Typical...

Primates will continue to play social games without the least insight into what is killing...

Primates will continue to play social games without the least insight into what is killing...

Most of the suicide hijackers came from Saudi Arabia, a place not lacking in wealth....

Most of the suicide hijackers came from Saudi Arabia, a place not lacking in wealth....

Successful cult memes induce intense social interaction behaviour between cult members. This trips the attention...

Successful cult memes induce intense social interaction behaviour between cult members. This trips the attention...

I much prefer the modern world.

I much prefer the modern world.

Brigham Young had 47 children, and over 50 women as wives.

Brigham Young had 47 children, and over 50 women as wives.

Anyone who has ever had the feeling of being higher than a kite after giving...

Anyone who has ever had the feeling of being higher than a kite after giving...

The drug or cult has major if not exclusive sources of brain rewards.

The drug or cult has major if not exclusive sources of brain rewards.

Humans have evolved to be exquisitely sensitive to changes in status.

Humans have evolved to be exquisitely sensitive to changes in status.

As for leadership, I am the kind who leads reluctantly and more by example than...

As for leadership, I am the kind who leads reluctantly and more by example than...

The rare person is still interested in new advances when they are adults. There is...

The rare person is still interested in new advances when they are adults. There is...

When a load of bricks, dumped on a corner lot, can arrange themselves into a...

When a load of bricks, dumped on a corner lot, can arrange themselves into a...

But by providing the background picture - the universal situational awareness that we desire -...

But by providing the background picture - the universal situational awareness that we desire -...