The Fear Factor

Key Insight 1: Extraordinary Altruism: A Paradox Explained by Fear

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Key Insight 2: The Psychopathic Brain: A Deficit in Fear and Empathy

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Key Insight 3: Heroes Feel Fear, But Act Anyway: The Anti-Psychopathic Brain

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Key Insight 4: The Evolutionary Roots of Care: From Milk to Allomothering

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Key Insight 5: Oxytocin: The Alchemist of Compassion in the Amygdala

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Key Insight 6: Humanity's Hidden Goodness: More Altruistic Than We Realize

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Key Insight 7: Beyond Compassion: Flattening the Social Discounting Curve

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Key Insight 8: Intuition, Not Deliberation, Drives True Altruism

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Key Insight 9: Cultural Shifts: Prosperity and Literacy Expand Our Circle of Care

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Key Insight 10: Cultivating Altruism: Practice, Purpose, and Humility

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