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Commonplace Book:

Nicholas A – Christakis

Quotes:

“We are innately equipped to cooperate”

Living socially places special demands on us, and many cognitive capacities and behavioral repertoires evolved in order for us to cope. For example, we are innately equipped to cooperate, and living in cooperative groups favors certain genetic predispositions related to kindness and reciprocity.

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