At the beginning of this year, I’ve decided to collect all articles (or videos, or visualisations, or books) that changed my view on a subject, or gave me a fresh perspective on something I had a fairly limited understanding of. This is one of them.

From Weekly Filet #264, in February 2018.

Does Depression Have an Evolutionary Purpose?

Does Depression Have an Evolutionary Purpose?

💔 Some older links might be broken — that's the state of the web, sadly. If you find one, ping me.

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