Michael Morris

So if I was a person who was only going to be pro-social, like I was only going to try to hunt hard if I was sure that there was a reward waiting for me, I wouldn't do it very often. But if I'm wired that I want the feeling, I want the feeling of being celebrated and the feeling of knowing I'm the contributor, then I probably will get more rewards because I'll do the pro-social thing more often.

So I think we're wired for both. We're wired to contribute in order to be rewarded, and we're wired to contribute as an end in itself.

So I think we're wired for both. We're wired to contribute in order to be rewarded, and we're wired to contribute as an end in itself.

So I think we're wired for both. We're wired to contribute in order to be rewarded, and we're wired to contribute as an end in itself.

Yeah. Freud talks about the superego as your sort of internalized voice of authority. But I really think it's more like it's the internalized voice of the – of the, the respected members of the community. You know, it's like your board of advisors, your internal board of advisors is suggesting that what you're about to do is unwise. And that's, that's the emotion of pride.

Yeah. Freud talks about the superego as your sort of internalized voice of authority. But I really think it's more like it's the internalized voice of the – of the, the respected members of the community. You know, it's like your board of advisors, your internal board of advisors is suggesting that what you're about to do is unwise. And that's, that's the emotion of pride.

Yeah. Freud talks about the superego as your sort of internalized voice of authority. But I really think it's more like it's the internalized voice of the – of the, the respected members of the community. You know, it's like your board of advisors, your internal board of advisors is suggesting that what you're about to do is unwise. And that's, that's the emotion of pride.

Shame is kind of like a good PR agency. It, it encourages you to do the things that are thought well of, and it encourages you to decline the, the temptations to do things that are not thought well of. And then it also encourages you to publicize when you've done a good thing.

Shame is kind of like a good PR agency. It, it encourages you to do the things that are thought well of, and it encourages you to decline the, the temptations to do things that are not thought well of. And then it also encourages you to publicize when you've done a good thing.

Shame is kind of like a good PR agency. It, it encourages you to do the things that are thought well of, and it encourages you to decline the, the temptations to do things that are not thought well of. And then it also encourages you to publicize when you've done a good thing.

So the, in every culture, when Olympic athletes win a gold medal, you know, they go like this, you know, they expand their body. They, they, they speak more loudly. And when people lose, they,

So the, in every culture, when Olympic athletes win a gold medal, you know, they go like this, you know, they expand their body. They, they, they speak more loudly. And when people lose, they,

So the, in every culture, when Olympic athletes win a gold medal, you know, they go like this, you know, they expand their body. They, they, they speak more loudly. And when people lose, they,

they you know they cower they they disappear they become smaller so we we not only have these emotions that are driving us to to do what the group rewards but we are also wired to showboat when we have done something well and to hide it when we have not done something yeah exactly so i just to kind of round out the hero instinct bit

they you know they cower they they disappear they become smaller so we we not only have these emotions that are driving us to to do what the group rewards but we are also wired to showboat when we have done something well and to hide it when we have not done something yeah exactly so i just to kind of round out the hero instinct bit

they you know they cower they they disappear they become smaller so we we not only have these emotions that are driving us to to do what the group rewards but we are also wired to showboat when we have done something well and to hide it when we have not done something yeah exactly so i just to kind of round out the hero instinct bit

Exactly. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, and I think, I don't know, when I was writing about this, and obviously I've been reading a lot and I do research in the area, but I often reflect back on when I was an adolescent, like when I was in high school. And I feel like a lot of my mental life in those days when I was unfolding as a person changed.

Exactly. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, and I think, I don't know, when I was writing about this, and obviously I've been reading a lot and I do research in the area, but I often reflect back on when I was an adolescent, like when I was in high school. And I feel like a lot of my mental life in those days when I was unfolding as a person changed.

Exactly. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, and I think, I don't know, when I was writing about this, and obviously I've been reading a lot and I do research in the area, but I often reflect back on when I was an adolescent, like when I was in high school. And I feel like a lot of my mental life in those days when I was unfolding as a person changed.

was these Walter Mitty-like fantasies of heroic action and glory. Like, oh, the high school caught on fire. Oh, I'm going to save the pretty girl. Or, oh, my parents are in a car crash. Well, I'm going to go run and get... get medical attention.