Tag: compassion

May 29

Here’s Why Humans Are Built To Be Kind

Billy AntonioPosted in Mind & Body, Relationships Tagged , , , , , , , ,

When many people think about Darwin’s theory of evolution and survival of the fittest, they assume that the competition to pass on genes is what defines human beings, and that that competitive impulse makes us ruthless at our core. What’s forgotten in that thought process is that humans have to not only pass on our […]

Dec 12

What Do You Do When The Things You Love Don’t Match Up With Your Politics?

The FriskyPosted in Culture Tagged , , , , , ,

I already knew, without acknowledging it, exactly, that Kurt Vonnegut and women were an awkward mix at best. Kurt Vonnegut didn’t write women well — he wrote women who weren’t fully people, exactly, but more a physical manifestation of the mystery women seemed to him to be. It’s not to say that he didn’t get along […]