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Friedrich Nietzsche, who famously gave us the ‘God is dead’ phrase was interested in the sources of morality. He warned that the emergence of something (whether an organ, a legal institution, or a religious ritual) is never to be confused with its acquired purpose: ‘Anything in existence, having somehow come about, is continually interpreted anew, requisitioned anew, transformed and redirected to a new purpose.’ This is a liberating thought, which teaches us to never hold the history of something against its possible applications. Even if computers started out as calculators, that doesn’t prevent us from playing games on them. (47) (quoting Nietzsche, the Genealogy of Morals)

~ Frans De Waal

Frans De Waal Alturism Nietzsche Repurposing Transformation

[S]elfish members win within groups, but groups of altruists best groups of selfish members. (63)

~ Edward O. Wilson

Edward O. Wilson Alturism Competition Cooperation Selfishness
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