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100 1  McCarthy-Jones, Simon,|d1978-|eauthor. 
245 10 Spite :|bthe upside of your dark side /|cSimon McCarthy-
       Jones. 
250    First US edition. 
264  1 New York, NY :|bBasic Books, Hachette Book Group,|c2021. 
264  4 |c©2021 
300    v, 265 pages ;|c22 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-248) and 
       index. 
505 0  The fourth behavior -- Ultimatums -- Counterdominant spite
       -- Dominant spite -- Spite, evolution, and punishment -- 
       Spite and freedom -- Spite and politics -- Spite and the 
       sacred -- The future of spite. 
520    "Have you ever purposely slowed down while driving in 
       order to punish the person tailgating you? Maybe it 
       inconvenienced you, but didn't it feel good? This is spite
       : hurting ourselves so that we can hurt someone else. 
       Spite seems perfectly needless, evolutionarily speaking. 
       Scientists have long struggled to understand why it exists
       at all. Unlike cooperation, selfishness, or altruism, 
       spite is a zero-sum game. When Warren Buffet invested in a
       failing textile company, the owners attempted to squeeze 
       him for more money. He vindictively bought the whole 
       outfit, fired upper management, and kept the mills running
       for years, during which time they continued to hemorrhage 
       money. It ultimately cost Buffett $200 billion to make his
       point. The conventional way to understand spite like this 
       is as a lapse of our better judgment. That conventional 
       thinking is wrong. In Spite, neuropsychologist Simon 
       McCarthy-Jones argues that spite is our primal impulse for
       fairness. Prioritizing the punishment of bad behavior over
       our own immediate self-interests is a fundamental way that
       we, and all animals, promote good behavior. Spite is 
       nothing less than one of the natural seeds of morality. 
       From the protest voters who swing elections, to the man 
       who erected a giant sculpture of a middle finger next to 
       the house he lost in his divorce, Spite offers an 
       insightful and often delicious trip through how spite 
       shapes our lives. When we think about what makes us human,
       we often look for things that make us seem noble: 
       cooperation, foresight, creativity. But the evidence is 
       clear: spite works. It is our innate drive for progress, 
       the feeling that things can and ought to be different than
       they are. Spite is a provocative exploration of how the 
       origins of a good society lie in our most basic reflexes, 
       even the ones we're not particularly proud of"--|cProvided
       by publisher. 
650  0 Revenge|xSocial aspects. 
650  7 PSYCHOLOGY / General.|2bisacsh 
650  7 Revenge|xSocial aspects.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01096482 
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