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As explained in the article, every person's actions were explainable by aspects of our shared humanity. We are not inherently better than those people, we're just luckier about our surroundings. A human in fear of his/her life every day can't take any risks, so they can't make new paradigms. You can recruit these people to your "universe-understanding" side by changing their circumstances to be more like yours.

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we're just luckier about our surroundings.

Quite. I've often wondered how different I would be if I was born to a higher higher (affluenza) or lower (government assistance) family.

We should make a point of getting people out of mud huts and away from mob mentality though. That's just good world building.

Or we can make another Uber for Buzzfeed. Get the top 10 cutest kittens EVAR delivered to your door in 20 minutes or less or you get free toppings next time.

"We are not inherently better than those people, we're just luckier about our surroundings."

It seems to me people choose their own actions. When enough choose badly, the society as a whole decays.

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