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Tip-Off #50 - An instinct for joy

Tip-Off #50 - An instinct for joy

Beyond grandiosity and gloom.

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William Green
Nov 26, 2022
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We are hard-wired to deceive - and cooperate. Society depends on both. Deception is an evolutionary necessity, a survival instinct, not just a lie. Getting along is a virtue born of necessity.

The tribe had the truth. What it valued was decisive. To get along, go along, believe it or not. Being t…

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