The new menu can be enjoyed with a chilled glass of white wine and is further enhanced by the beautiful landscape surrounding the Tumulus building.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 18 - Atmosphere at Dignity Health Foundation’s Humankindness Gala 2017 on May 18th 2017 at City Hall in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Jana Asenbrennerova for Drew Altizer Photography)

What Females Want and Males Will Do

"Garish, ghastly, tasteless, tactless, plasticky, plush-toy-y, celebrating the endless capacity for modern humankind to invent new colors that nature hadn't the nerve to put into the world." Colors Not Found in Nature

*chuckle* You can't really tell I have pearls on the ends of my eyelashes.

Pearl Makeup

Maropeng, Cradle of Humankind visitors' centre, South Africa

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 18 - Doug Lawson, Carla Guzman and Julie Sprengel attend CommonSpirit's Humankindness Gala 2023 on May 18th 2023 at San Francisco in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Natalie Shrik for Drew Altizer Photography)

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 16 - Michael Covarrubias, Sr. Carol Keehan, and Lloyd Dean attend Dignity Health Foundation's Humankindness Gala at City Hall in San Francisco, CA. (Photo - Arthur Kobin for Drew Altizer Photography)

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 16 - Frank Hernandez, Ramona Hernandez, Kelli Harbert, and Steve Moga attend Dignity Health Foundation's Humankindness Gala at City Hall in San Francisco, CA. (Photo - Arthur Kobin for Drew Altizer Photography)

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 10 - Sister Mary Ellen Leciejewski attends Humankindness Gala 2018 on May 10th 2018 at San Francisco City Hall in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Devlin Shand for Drew Altizer Photography)

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 18 - Remy Kajogbola and ? attend Dignity Health Foundation’s Humankindness Gala 2017 on May 18th 2017 at City Hall in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Jana Asenbrennerova for Drew Altizer Photography)

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 18 - ? attends Dignity Health Foundation’s Humankindness Gala 2017 on May 18th 2017 at City Hall in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Jana Asenbrennerova for Drew Altizer Photography)

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 10 - Atmosphere at Humankindness Gala 2018 on May 10th 2018 at San Francisco City Hall in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Devlin Shand for Drew Altizer Photography)

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 18 - Greta Wims, Warner Wims, Bechara Choucair and Kenneth Edwards attend Dignity Health Foundation’s Humankindness Gala 2017 on May 18th 2017 at City Hall in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Jana Asenbrennerova for Drew Altizer Photography)

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 18 - CommonSpirit's Humankindness Gala 2023 on May 18th 2023 at San Francisco in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Jessica Monroy for Drew Altizer Photography)

Maropeng, Cradle of Humankind visitors' centre, South Africa

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 16 - Jessi Lombardi attends Dignity Health Foundation's Humankindness Gala at City Hall in San Francisco, CA. (Photo - Arthur Kobin for Drew Altizer Photography)

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 18 - Bruce Chizen, Gail Chizen, Rick Keeling and Susan Rutherford attend Dignity Health Foundation’s Humankindness Gala 2017 on May 18th 2017 at City Hall in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Jana Asenbrennerova for Drew Altizer Photography)

Maropeng, Cradle of Humankind visitors' centre, South Africa

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 16 - Daryl Robinson,Giselle Robinson, and Nisa Dillon Brown attend Dignity Health Foundation's Humankindness Gala at City Hall in San Francisco, CA. (Photo - Arthur Kobin for Drew Altizer Photography)

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 16 - Kevin Lofton attends Dignity Health Foundation's Humankindness Gala at City Hall in San Francisco, CA. (Photo - Arthur Kobin for Drew Altizer Photography)

My admission bands to Maropeng & Sterkfontein Caves - The Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 18 - Atmosphere at CommonSpirit's Humankindness Gala 2023 on May 18th 2023 at San Francisco in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Devlin Shand for Drew Altizer Photography)

Excursion to the Cradle of Humankind, organised by Verney College for matrics and grade 11s

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 18 - Wright Lassiter, Fred Najjar and Jed York attend CommonSpirit's Humankindness Gala 2023 on May 18th 2023 at San Francisco in San Francisco, CA (Photo - Jessica Monroy for Drew Altizer Photography)

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 16 - Maddy Suennen, Lisa Suennen, Geetha Vallabhaneni, Melissa Dyrdahl, and Aaron Cullinui attend Dignity Health Founadtion's Humankindness Gala at City Hall in San Francisco, CA. (Photo - Arthur Kobin for Drew Altizer Photography)

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 16 - Nathan Dean, Nicole Dean, Suzanne Dean, Caretha Coleman, Tessie Guillermo, Sister Carol Keehan, and Michael Covarrubias attend Dignity Health Foundation's Humankindness Gala at City Hall in San Francisco, CA. (Photo - Andrew Caulfield for Drew Altizer Photography)

關於人性，我一直都抱持著本惡的態度

到了關鍵時刻，人們為了生存總會顯現出最原始的醜態

我也深受社會這樣的不堪狀態，感到憂慮

這本書其實滿有趣的，前半段從人類的起源開始說明

透過各種不同年代歷史戰爭、社會新聞、心理實驗、考察與與洞察，推翻人性天生惡劣和憤世忌俗的印象，應證人性善良且團結的那個面貌

很像看了文字版的老高，講了不少知名的人性實驗，像是米爾格蘭的電擊實驗、史丹佛監獄實驗(路西法效應)、復活節島上人類相殘互食的敘事，還有曼德拉與恐怖份子喝茶的歷史、凱薩琳.蘇珊.吉諾維斯的死亡事件…等搜集不同角度的史料以及被掩蓋的真實資訊，來告訴讀著們：關於人性，你知道的幾乎都是錯的

有鑑於報章媒體、政治宣傳、普羅大眾對於「人性」的偏誤解讀，他想透過這本書傳達一個核心訊息：「大部分的人在內心深處，其實是相當正派的」。作者在書中旁徵博引，以詳盡的事實和深入的查證，說明了人類無論是出於天性、身為孩童時、在無人島上、當戰爭爆發、當危機來襲，對於自己「好」的一面

又從這些延伸到當今社會層面，談論了論民主政體的模樣、教育的本質、工作的內在動機

其實看完並沒有讓我對人性有多大的改變

問題不是二元化的「人性本惡或本善」選擇題。反而，透過這些精采的正反論述，猶如偵探小說抽絲剝繭般的分析，我理解到的是人性真正的「複雜」

但我相信裡面一項明確的事實：新聞與媒體，確實將人性惡的那面推波助瀾，他們放大了個案，帶著有色眼鏡與政治利益，用狹隘的觀點誤導、散播這世界僅有的少數惡行

讓人們誤以為這個世界就是這樣，但這不又是人們想看的東西嗎？每當這些討人厭的新聞不段重播總能獲得更大的關注和迴響，環環相扣且惡性循環？到底誰才是根源？

Life lessons learned:

因此我們不需要去相信什麼人性是光明還黑暗，我們選擇善良，不愧對自己的良心，「當你把一個人當人看，他就會表現得像一個人。」瞭解歷史的事實，讓我們得以明辨是非，擁有信念，影響身邊的人我想就已經足夠

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 16 - Delane Duvall and Shannon Duvall attend Dignity Health Foundation's Humankindness Gala at City Hall in San Francisco, CA. (Photo - Arthur Kobin for Drew Altizer Photography)

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 16 - Lloyd Dean, Brenda Wright, and Steve Bowdry attend Dignity Health Foundation's Humankindness Gala at City Hall in San Francisco, CA. (Photo - Arthur Kobin for Drew Altizer Photography)