Are we biased toward more altruism than is socially optimal?
I had this thought the other day. If our altrustic instincts developed during a period of communal property and less organized law enforcement (a system where altruism might be more beneficial than it is today), might we be left with some amount of vestigial altruism?
Kaj Sotala asked:
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