7 Eternal Rules of Human Nature
Why studying human nature is more future-proof than STEM
1. Human Nature Doesn’t Change
In trying to summarize his investing strategy, Warren Buffet offered one crucial principle: you should invest in what doesn't change.
When you choose a degree, you try to pick one which will still offer employment in 40 years. You exercise and eat well because physical health is never irrelevant. If you want to acquire knowledge and skill somewhere it’ll always be rewarded, your best choice is to study human nature.
A quick demonstration of this is that Nikolai Tesla, one of history’s great innovators, was broke for most of his life.
Extraordinary talent + bad social skills = very pissed off superiors.
Humans created civilization, and scientists began to explain behavior in terms of nature vs nurture. Psychologists lined up on each side of this high-stakes debate, which intersected with third-rail political issues such as racism and IQ. Books are always being written arguing that civilization has coarsened us, alienated us, or ennobled us, relative to our natural instincts.
