Nicholas Christakis, a physician and psychologist at Yale Unviersity, talks about his book Blueprint: The Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society, which is really wonderful. Nicholas is more optimistic than I am about human nature, and he makes a strong and interesting case.
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Why We Should Be Hopeful About Human Nature (Nicholas Christakis)