Hello to you all

My name is Stephen, 57 years old and live just outside of Johannesburg in South Africa.
I have been married for 25 years and have two children who are currently at University.

I work in an environment that can be highly varied but stressful. As I enjoy learning new things , I have found that by continually attending different short courses I can escape from the daily work pressures to grow in different areas.
As I am a lousy golfer I have found this to be a hobby that now only relaxes but rewards at the same time.

I love to travel whenever I can and particularly enjoy being able to "touch" history and always try to include historical places of interest into my agendas.

I have always been interested in discovering why people act in certain ways and what drives people to do what they do, whether it on an individual or group basis. For example, for centuries, why have seemingly normal people, from different backgrounds, nationalities and and belief systems, been able to inflict such cruelty against their fellow human beings in times of conflict. For example from the World wars through to the Balkans and Africa.
What allows people to participate in mass hatred and destruction and believe in their hearts that this is justified or even normal behaviour without any empathy or guilt.

I am hoping that by attending, Professor Scott Plous online course through Wesleyan University I will be able to get answer to these questions.