Anonymous at Tue, 9 Apr 2024 06:25:23 UTC No. 16120457

https://www.unz.com/pfrost/fall-of-blood-lust-and-rise-of-empathy/
https://www.unz.com/pfrost/the-origins-of-northwest-european-guilt/
https://www.unz.com/pfrost/origins-of-northwest-european-guilt/

Anonymous at Tue, 9 Apr 2024 07:28:44 UTC No. 16120500

>>16120393
It's mutually beneficial if people are compassionate towards each other, provided you don't let people walk over you. Veritasium did a video on this but it's more from the standpoint of game theory rather than evolution.

https://youtu.be/mScpHTIi-kM

They tested a bunch of strategies and tit-for-tat seemed to be among the most consistently successful winning strategies. Which basically mean: if you're nasty, we'll be nasty in turn but if you play nice then we'll play nice too.