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Human nature is complex. Even if we do have inclinations toward violence, we also have inclination to empathy, to cooperation, to self-control.

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I didn’t realize what a love affair I would have with big city life until I got to New York City. In a place like New York, granted it’s utterly unique, you can get and have and do anything you want at any time of any day. It’s bursting with culture and the cream of the crop in all walks of life. That sort of energy really excites me.

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June 5, 2024

Reading is a technology for perspective-taking. When someone else’s thoughts are in your head, you are observing the world from that person’s vantage point.

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June 5, 2024

I didn’t realize what a love affair I would have with big city life until I got to New York City. In a place like New York, granted it’s utterly unique, you can get and have and do anything you want at any time of any day. It’s bursting with culture and the cream of the crop in all walks of life. That sort of energy really excites me.

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Human nature is complex. Even if we do have inclinations toward violence, we also have inclination to empathy, to cooperation, to self-control.

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