You are right, we don't surpass our natural predispositions, I expressed myself wrongly. Allow me to rephrase, culture, which is only possible through the natural predisposition of sentience, and thus a derivate of our genetics, even though it is not in itself genetic, affects behavior.
As for we overwhelmingly valuing immediate gains, that is mostly true, but a long-term promise that things will get better, for example, can often get good results. It seems to me that most revolutions, revolts and other kinds of dissent usually happen not when things are bad, but rather when things are worsening.
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