The world is really screwed up and made much, much more unfair by the fact that we reward and punish people for things they have no control over," says Stanford University neurobiologist. Robert Sapolsky. "We've got no free will. Stop attributing stuff to us that isn't there."
We know we make worse decisions when hungry, stressed or scared. We know our physical makeup is influenced by the genes inherited from distant ancestors and by our mothers' health during her pregnancy.
Abundant evidence indicates that people who grew up in homes marked by chaos and deprivation will perceive the world differently and make different choices than people raised in safe, stable, resource-rich environments.
A lot of important things are beyond our control.
But, like—everything? We have no meaningful command over our choice of careers, romantic partners or weekend plans? Just a thought.
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