The first man, who, after enclosing a piece of ground, took it into his head to say, 'This is mine,' and found people simple enough to believe him, was the true founder of civil society. How many wars, how many murders, how many misfortunes and horrors, would that man have saved the human species, who pulling up the stakes or filling up the ditches should have cried to his fellows; Be sure not to listen to this imposter; you are lost, if you forget that the fruits of the earth belong equally to us all, and the earth itself to nobody! (查看原文)
Settled life exacted an especially heavy toll on women. The rise of private property and farming brought the age of proto-feminism to an end. Sons stayed on the paternal plot to tend the land and livestock, which meant brides now had to be fetched for the family farm. Over centuries, marriageable daughters were reduced to little more than commodities, to be bartered like cows or sheep.
In their new families, these brides were viewed with suspicion, and only after presenting them with a son did women gain a measure of acceptance. A legitimate son, that is. It’s no accident that female virginity turned into an obsession. Where in prehistory women had been free to come and go as they pleased, now they were being covered up and tethered down. The patriarchy was born. (查看原文)
1) 小男孩漂孤岛关键词反而是友爱的 2） 暴力、自私等人格形成很大程度media是影响之一 3）前苏联银狐驯养实验：驯养过程中自然选择会剩下friendly & cute 狐狸，并非自私的基因中最险恶的个体 4）on the flip side, 这种friendly & cute comes with “my people first...
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Bloomsbury Publishing2020版
1 有用 Miss Tansy 2023-02-05 17:50:29 浙江
和勒庞的《乌合之众》对比着读，会发现截然不同的人性预设。
4 有用 Mercury 2022-04-21 19:45:20
在这个时代很需要一本这样的书。虽然写得很浅但作者的意思我get到了，并且感到了一丝安慰，that's enough
22 有用 发炎 2022-04-25 21:15:44
不好意思，我是中国人。我不相信人类的善意，我相信鲁迅“这历史…密密麻麻写满了吃人二字”。
3 有用 kino 2022-04-30 13:25:37
才知道有几个著名的心理学实验都被主观操控过，作者还是希望读者相信人性本善
0 有用 Creative 2022-04-17 11:35:29
这是起初亚当被造时上帝的恩典。