An Evolutionary Ladder of Social Motivations
Each layer can exert its own influenced if needed,
And is modulated into the layer below:
1. Fight and Flight (primates>52 million years ago)
Survival of the fittest individual
Modulated by fear of family separation
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2. Dominance and Submission (primates<52 MYA)
Protection from predators
Modulated by fear of banishment from group
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3. Coordinated teamwork (hominins<6 MYA)
Survival of the most productive relationships (Justice)
Modulated by desire for/by one another
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4. Desire, and desire-to-be-desired (Homo sapiens<300,000YA)
Aggregation of populations→survival of fittest knowledge (Truth)
Modulated by us-vs-them aggression (charismatic tyrants)
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5. Group dominance and submission (<12,000YA)
Survival of fittest group (chronic war)
Modulated by #3 and #4
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6. Charismatic Authority of Truth and Justice (<2,500YA)
Survival of life on earth
