Survival of the Friendliest · What Did They Read?

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No Mercy / No Malice: Each Other

The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway, 17 October 2026. The book comes up at 6 min 53 sec in.

Scott Galloway cites "Survival of the Friendliest" by Duke professor Brian Hare and science journalist Vanessa Woods to support his argument that human success is rooted in cooperation rather than aggression. He describes the book's thesis that early humans selected for pro-sociality—shunning bullies and rewarding cooperators—and quotes Hare from the Washington Post challenging the popular misreading of "Survival of the Fittest" as endorsing dominance.

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