Imagine a burning home, flames dancing out every window. A man walking by hears a scream for help from a young child coming from inside. Without much of a thought, he runs inside in an attempt to rescue the youngster. Why would he do that? Why - evolutionarily speaking - would anyone risk his or her life or save a stranger. One man thought he figured out why and he didn’t like what he discovered, so he gave up everything to prove himself wrong. Today I have the story of George Price on the 184th episode of Coffee of Jeff. Show notes and links: George Price and the Search for the Origins of Kindness (youtube.com) TEDxTalpiot - Oren Harman - The Evolution of Altruism (youtube.com) George Price: The altruistic man who died trying to prove selflessness doesn’t exist (independent.co.uk) The Group: On George Price (thenation.com) (PDF) The Birth of the First Evolutionary Stable Strategy | Oren Harman (academia.edu) The Man Who Gave Himself Away (nautil.us) (PDF) Helical Biography: The Case of Altruism and George Price | Oren Harman (academia.edu) George R. Price - Wikipedia (wikipedia.org) Why Do Human Beings Do Good Things? The Puzzle of Altruism (psychologytoday.com)
Imagine a burning home, flames dancing out every window. A man walking by hears a scream for help from a young child coming from inside. Without much of a thought, he runs inside in an attempt to rescue the youngster. Why would he do that? Why – evolutionarily speaking – would anyone risk his or her life or save a stranger.
One man thought he figured out why and he didn’t like what he discovered, so he gave up everything to prove himself wrong.
Today I have the story of George Price on the 184th episode of Coffee of Jeff.
Show notes and links:
* George Price and the Search for the Origins of Kindness (youtube.com)
* TEDxTalpiot – Oren Harman – The Evolution of Altruism (youtube.com)
* George Price: The altruistic man who died trying to prove selflessness doesn’t exist (independent.co.uk)
* The Group: On George Price (thenation.com)
* (PDF) The Birth of the First Evolutionary Stable Strategy | Oren Harman (academia.edu)
* The Man Who Gave Himself Away (nautil.us)
* (PDF) Helical Biography: The Case of Altruism and George Price | Oren Harman (academia.edu)
* George R. Price – Wikipedia (wikipedia.org)
* Why Do Human Beings Do Good Things? The Puzzle of Altruism (psychologytoday.com)
Imagine a burning home, flames dancing out every window. A man walking by hears a scream for help from a young child coming from inside. Without much of a thought, he runs inside in an attempt to rescue the youngster. Why would he do that? Why – evolutionarily speaking – would anyone risk his or her life or save a stranger.
One man thought he figured out why and he didn’t like what he discovered, so he gave up everything to prove himself wrong.
Today I have the story of George Price on the 184th episode of Coffee of Jeff.
Show notes and links: