I don’t think humans would be naturally self centered if they lived in an environment that actually encouraged sharing and cooperation instead of actively encouraging and rewarding psychopathy and selfishness.
There were likely people who thought it impossible that wolves would someday become domesticated, and eventually be our best buds, due to their ‘unchangeable’ nature.
Wolves are pack animals, and treat other members of their pack as equals. It’s really not that surprising that an offshoot of their species was domesticated.
Also, dogs are actually kinda unique in how changeable they are. I don’t know of any other species with such drastic variations in size, coloring, and behavior.
Humans are also inherently cooperative for survival, and it has been argued by some credible historians that our current forms of antagonistic society is an abberation from the norm.
I don’t think humans would be naturally self centered if they lived in an environment that actually encouraged sharing and cooperation instead of actively encouraging and rewarding psychopathy and selfishness.
There were likely people who thought it impossible that wolves would someday become domesticated, and eventually be our best buds, due to their ‘unchangeable’ nature.
We are all products of our environment.
@ProdigalFrog
Wolves are pack animals, and treat other members of their pack as equals. It’s really not that surprising that an offshoot of their species was domesticated.
Also, dogs are actually kinda unique in how changeable they are. I don’t know of any other species with such drastic variations in size, coloring, and behavior.
@possiblylinux127
Humans are also inherently cooperative for survival, and it has been argued by some credible historians that our current forms of antagonistic society is an abberation from the norm.
In practice I never heard of that happening.
Catalonia during the Spanish revolution is a pretty solid example. It showed no signs of not working until they were forced to stop due to Franco winning the war. Wikipedia entry for more info.