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Humankind: A Hopeful History - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Author's answer: I suspect it has a lot to do with convenience. In a weird way, to believe in our own sinful nature is comforting. It provides a kind of absolution. Because if most people are bad, then engagement and resistance aren’t worth the effort.
        Bregman, Rutger. Humankind (p. 174). Bloomsbury Publishing. Kindle Edition.
- - - - Far better, she says, is to accept and account for the fact that you’ll occasionally be cheated. That’s a small price to pay for the luxury of a lifetime of trusting other people.
        Bregman, Rutger. Humankind (p. 379). Bloomsbury Publishing. Kindle Edition.
        
        Q: Should you give money to the beggar on the street?
    - - unlike empathy, compassion doesn’t sap our energy. In fact, afterwards Ricard felt much better. That’s because compassion is simultaneously more controlled, remote and constructive. It’s not about sharing another person’s distress, but it does help you to recognise it and then act. Not only that, compassion injects us with energy, which is exactly what’s needed to help.
        Bregman, Rutger. Humankind (p. 379). Bloomsbury Publishing. Kindle Edition.