This journey begins with a simple question: why are we humans capable of such extremes in how we treat each other?

How is it that we can be so benevolent, generous, self-sacrificing and compassionate, and yet at other times, so rapacious, selfish, insular and amoral?

Hominoid

a primate of the group including humans, their fossil ancestors, and the anthropoid apes

This blog, and the other endeavors it will support, will be centered around my lifelong struggle to find a satisfactory answer to the above question, and the – let’s not call them answers, but the gossamer-faint whispers and hints of answers – that I’ve found so far.