There is no need to thank anyone in this case.
It is inherent and natural of human nature to evolve and progress positively amidst the state of evilness and chaos.
It is true there are loads of negativity at all times but being intrinsic and natural, optimism and positiveness will always prevails in some ways or another.
Note for example the morality drive is intrinsic to human beings in general;
Notwithstanding there are still evilness to be resolved, there has been lots of progress in the field of morality and ethics [since > 2000 years ago] without the need for absolute moral laws from a God.
I can agree with all this but would point out that secular law has had to drag religions into ignoring their vile biblical laws for the better secular laws.
As to babies, experiments also show that when they create a positive bias like empathy for instance, or altruism or their tribal penchant that has them select for their own color, they, at the same time, create a negative bias against whatever goes against or impedes their positive bias.
Hate, IOW’s, is born from love. We are dualistic by nature.
Resistance to change is a normal thing thus net positive progress is expected to be slow and very slow in certain cases especially where the existential dilemma is very strong.
Empathy, driven by mirror neurons is a very distinct neural function from tribalism.
See parts of the brain below;
The neural connectivity with tribalism [within most animals and even insects] is very primal, i.e. connected to fight or flight, kill or be killed, anger, aggression, etc. and they are located at the basement of the brain common with most animals.
Note, Transcending the Tribal Mind cerebromente.org.br/n09/tribal_i.htm
The empathy system is located in the higher cortical parts of the brain is connected to wisdom and rationality. Since it is very distanced from the primal brain, empathy is not connected directly to the primal instincts that has evil potentials.
What is negative with empathy is any weak connection to wisdom and rationality where the empathy impulse is directed blindly. There are instances of blind empathy where 3 men drowned trying to save a dog in water.