Why are people?

This next book we are reading is called ¨The Selfish Gene¨ and is written by Richard Dawkins. aparently, this book is totally different from what we have already read in class and it calls my attention becasue the topic is not very common and is even less common in our context. You never think about why we behave how we do and were does all those behaviors come from. well I think many of these questions are going to be answered by Richard in this book.

Until now, I find very interesting reading the selfish gene because until know and by reading the first chapter I realize that most of the things you do and in almost all the cases your behavior, are controled by your genes and ¨natural infrastructure¨. I found this a very complex reading and most of the terms I dont know their meaning, but this I think will help me to learn more about this topic and leading me to investigate certain terms and certain biological body components.
Altruism: doing things for the good of the species or group.
Selfish: doing things for personal benefit in the face of the good of the group.
Its interesting how he defines these two words as in a behavioral context and not a subjective context of the person or group.