"Selfishness beats altruism within groups. Altruistic groups beat selfish groups. Everything else is commentary."

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Source : David Sloan Wilson (2015). “Does Altruism Exist?: Culture, Genes, and the Welfare of Others”, p.71, Yale University Press

David Sloan Wilson

#Selfish Quotes #Groups Quotes #Beats Quotes

“The short version is that I started an internet diary a long, long time ago (six years!) because I was bored with my job. I figured I would write a few funny things a few times a week until I had enough material to do stand-up. After two or three weeks, I emailed it to some friends. They emailed it to other friends, and more people started reading. Eventually, I realized that stand-up was scary and it would be much easier to just keep writing this stuff at work.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“Most people say they want justice, but they don't really want justice. They want revenge. They want to see the pain spread around equally.”

Source : David Gerrold (2014). “Under the Eye of God: Trackers, Book One”, p.98, BenBella Books, Inc.
“It is an eternal truth in the political as well as the mystical body, that where one member suffers, all the members suffer with it”
“I like Los Angeles. So many artistic people, and I just love the weather.”
“I wake up in the morning asking myself what can I do today, how can I help the world today.”
“Being cared for when one is dead is less satisfactory than being cared for when one is alive.”
“The best comedy, I feel, comes in a drama because it balances each other out.”
“All that matters on the stage is good art.”

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