I still think this and I try to keep it in mind even while 80% of my feed is people expressing outrage and vitriol at anyone who isn’t wholeheartedly promoting some specific opinion about the best path forward for the world
A thing I read once that comes in handy:
An ancient human skull was found that was missing most of its teeth. They figured out it was from age; dude was old when they died.
And yet this was pre civilization. Which means the younger people around this person were sacrificing of themselves...
... to keep this old man alive past when his body was even capable of securing food.
That's altruism. Before people could write, maybe before they had language, we were good. We wanted to care for our oldest and the sick. We have grandmothers because it's ADVANTAGEOUS. And we've forgotten.
