Action leads to Attention. that in the short-term releases Rewarding brain chemicals and in the long term improves reproductive success.

Most of the suicide hijackers came from Saudi Arabia, a place not lacking in wealth. But due to rapid population growth, the wealth per capita has fallen by about half in a generation.

High status males had multiple wives or additional mating opportunities in the ancestral environment.

Evolution acts slowly. Our psychological characteristics today are those that promoted reproductive success in the ancestral environmen.

People repeat behaviour that leads to flooding their brains with pleasurable chemicals. The short-term reward loop acts over hours to years, and the long-term reproductive success loop over generations.

As for leadership, I am the kind who leads reluctantly and more by example than anything else. Someone had to be on the incorporation papers as president.

Some people recovering from drugs or alcohol stay with the programs indefinitely, making the recovery program their family, a long-term source of attention rewards.