Sebastian Junger

And he left the largest genetic footprint on the human genome, on the human race.

Of any individual ever, right?

So aggression at that level in Darwinian terms, right, is absolutely rewarded.

The shy guy that was writing poetry had one kid, right?

Genghis Khan, 11% of the population of the area that he conquered is descended directly from him.

He's their daddy.

That was because of his aggression, right?

So you have to understand that in evolutionary terms, aggression is richly rewarded.

So the trick for human culture is to blunt that with some cultural values that bring people back into a place of peace and dignity and cooperation and blah, blah, blah.

Right.

But just don't tell me that aggression is counterproductive.

Right.

It's complete nonsense.

Yeah.

I mean, listen, chimpanzees do the same thing.

Males will invade a rival territory and kill off individual males by ganging up on them.

This isn't a fair fight, right?

This is 10 to 1.

Beat the males, rival males to death from the rival troop.

Beat them to death.