Another way humans are maladapted to our current civilization is that we have a primal revulsion and disgust reaction to and against the desperate. Any form of desperation — it matters not.

When resources were scarce, this made sense. Nothing to share. No time nor ability to take care of someone who will be a drain while living on the edge of survival (emotional or physical).

But now, that reaction actually harms the entire society since we’re all so tightly enmeshed.