I know what you're thinking I got a
haircut didn't I well yes I did also I'm
not Tom
my name is Bevan ward and Tom has
invited me to commandeer his channel to
talk to you about true altruism and if
it really exists while there's no
denying that altruism does exist no not
her she just took money from criminals
to spread the Catholic Church while at
the same time spending her days bathing
in the suffering of Indian children so
she'd feel closer to God while also
forcibly baptizing these Hindu people
while on their deathbeds
sorry death cots because they didn't
provide real beds we're not sure exactly
what they spent their money on because
they're the only charity in all of India
that didn't disclose their tax records
and that's always a good sign I wonder
how she felt about walls anyway
psychologists and philosophers argued
there's no such thing as true altruism
see we've evolved through natural
selection where the genes most likely to
give you offspring have been passed on
while those that haven't died off so why
would the genes for altruism ever be
passed on see if you give someone your
resources that means you have less be
you and your children right while this
is true on an individual level humans
don't work that way we're social
creatures see the only way we've been
able to make it to the top of the food
chain is by working together which is
why some people argue that altruism is
repaid through social bonding because
we're much more likely to hang out with
a guy who shares his stuff especially if
he has a boat so we can understand
public displays of altruism help small
communities coexist
yeah what about anonymous donations to
charity because for those of means there
can be something even more valuable than
your esteem in the community self-esteem
which is something we're quite short on
in modern day society and we intuitively
feel better about ourselves if we make
an anonymous donation to charity rather
than if we'd loudly announce it to the
world but my question is does it matter
if there's no such thing as true
altruism as long as there's a net
benefit see Walmart raised its minimum
wage to eleven dollars an hour after
Trump cut the federal corporate tax to
twenty one percent however it's worth
noting that of the 1.9 billion dollars
Walmart savings
cuts they're only passing on 300 million
to its employees in terms of wage rises
the rest presumably governing to a
scrooge mcduck type vault or like our
amazon recently raised its minimum wage
to $15 an hour even if they only did
this for some free publicity and some
good social standing on the lead up to
Christmas but does this matter because
while there are intentions were not pure
it still means that hundreds of
thousands of low-income American
families have more money in their pocket
at the end of the week so as long as
you're doing something good I don't
think it matters why so that's what a
typical episode looks like the theme to
this channel if there is one is
exploring ideas that I find interesting
so recent episodes include why
pre-workouts are overpriced and
ineffective I go through the science why
we always have room for dessert
why Internet piracy is on the rise again
and how to fix it and why Drake theft is
such a big deal so if any of that sounds
interesting
come subscribe to The Bevan Ward Show link
maybe in the comments below and ask
yourself what's Tom's real motivation
for letting me promote my channel on his?
Hey that was great. Check out Bevan's
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in the link in the description. Peace.
