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  • Our DNA prioritizes self-preservation (fight/flight, procreation, etc.) - this is human-nature.

    tribal self-preservation 2009

  • I guess it's one of those depressing human-nature things wherein people condemn any activity of others even slightly out of the most boring of ordinary.

    Sanford says he was in Argentina, not on Appalachian Trail 2009

  • Our DNA prioritizes self-preservation (fight/flight, procreation, etc.) - this is human-nature.

    Politics 2010

  • Our DNA prioritizes self-preservation (fight/flight, procreation, etc.) - this is human-nature.

    8 posts from October 2009 2009

  • Our DNA prioritizes self-preservation (fight/flight, procreation, etc.) - this is human-nature.

    tribal self-preservation 2009

  • The Big Lie that is at the root of the life-threatening dysfunction in the current human-nature relationship is the delusion that the human species is somehow separate from (and superior to) the rest of nature.

    The 'Wild Nature' in Our Bodies 2010

  • As we bring new attention and respect to this "nature within," we begin to heal the human-nature relationship in a very personal way, and this opens the door to engagement at a wider level as well.

    The 'Wild Nature' in Our Bodies 2010

  • The Big Lie that is at the root of the life-threatening dysfunction in the current human-nature relationship is the delusion that the human species is somehow separate from (and superior to) the rest of nature.

    Linda Buzzell: The 'Wild Nature' in Our Bodies 2010

  • As we bring new attention and respect to this "nature within," we begin to heal the human-nature relationship in a very personal way, and this opens the door to engagement at a wider level as well.

    Linda Buzzell: The 'Wild Nature' in Our Bodies 2010

  • One can argue that people shouldn't care about relative wealth, and I might agree, but unfortunatly that seems to run counter to human-nature.

    Jobs are not a scarce resource, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

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