We know from school that the fittest survive in nature. But is it really so? Anthropologist and Ph.D. Brian Hare made an important discovery: the most profitable survival strategy is friendliness. It was this mechanism that allowed Homo Sapiens to live and prosper, wolves to love people, bonobos to create a heavenly place, and a Soviet scientist to make a world breakthrough in genetics. But this has a downside - we are cruel to those whom we do not consider our friends. Man is capable of dehumanizing enemies and destroying entire nations. All this is due to the same mechanism that has developed empathy and mercy in us. Brian Hare's research explains the wars of the past and modern politics, and most importantly, why it is so important for us to have common interests and help loved ones.

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