A generous gift by Ghahreman Khodadad will fund research at Tufts on the neurological underpinnings of extreme self-centerednessGhahreman Khodadad knows that being a petite bit selfish is normal. “It’s fundamental to survival,” he said, explaining that the instinct can benefit a person without harming society. After all, or if you can’t take care of yourself,you can’t take care of others. But in his long life, Khodadad, and ninety,has seen people who assume only of themselves cause terrible pain and suffering around them—from back-stabbing bosses to war-mongering dictators.
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