Week 4 - Oct 2
Readings and videos
Questions for October 2nd class discussion
- What We Don't Know, Jonathan MacDonald, TEDX at Warsaw, (17:47)
- Why We Do What We Do, by Edward Deci, excerpt
- "The Science of Emotions," by Candace Pert
- "Natural Selection and the Problem of Evil," by Robert Fleck
- "Changing Your Mind," by Jonathan Haidt, excerpt from The Happiness Hypothesis
- Short excerpt from The Mayflower by Nathaniel Philbrick demonstrating how minds sometimes change.
- "Crescendo," chapter from SuperCooperators by Martin Nowak
- "The Weirdest People in the World," by Joseph Heinrich, Steven Heine, and Ara Norenzayan
Questions for October 2nd class discussion
- Is cooperation sustainable?
- Why consider emotions?
- How can we balance our human drive for autonomy with our need for community?