Anthropology

minimize those primitive behaviors, but they emerge in stressful situations as emotions become harder to contain. That's why some analysts, like Michael Klare, predicted some time ago that global warming and scarcity of resources would cause us to revert to a more brutal, uncaring state where traits like cooperation, altruism and compassion are looked down upon or considered disadvantageous to survival. You can see it happening now, by looking at the character of the people who are being elected as leaders worldwide.

Game Theory also predicts a "Tragedy of the Commons" type situation like Klare's scenario.

And for those of us who have asked if there are more sociopaths now than there used to be and, if so, why?--this idea that we are adapting to an environment where caring and kindness are seen as undesirable could provide a partial answer. I really don't like what I think is on the horizon.