Evolution, Psychology, Monogamy & Culture - Dr Joe Henrich

Joe Henrich is Professor of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University and an author. Humans like to think that we're sovereign individuals with agency over our preferences and actions. But we are also a part of our social environment and Joe has teased apart some fascinating trends which explain how our location and culture have huge impacts on the way we behave, our preferences on everything from dating to work and family life to religion. Expect to learn why the things we consider to be human nature could just be cultural conditioning, the dangerous future if there's lots of sexless men, how the choice between growing rice and wheat impacts family life, what diplomatic immunity to parking tickets tells us about human nature, how Joe's lab can use language to archaeologically tell us about social trends from history... Sponsors: Join the Modern Wisdom Community to connect with me & other listeners - https://modernwisdom.locals.com/ Get 83% discount & 3 months free from Surfshark VPN at https://surfshark.deals/MODERNWISDOM (use code MODERNWISDOM) Get 20% discount on the highest quality CBD Products from Pure Sport at https://bit.ly/cbdwisdom (use code: MW20) Extra Stuff: Buy The Weirdest People In The World - https://amzn.to/3F3wUY7 Follow Joe on Twitter - https://twitter.com/JoHenrich Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom #evolution #psychology #culture - 00:00 Intro 01:09 Cultural Conditioning & the Westermarck Effect 08:57 Is Monogamy Beneficial for Men? 17:44 Future of the Sexual Marketplace 22:12 How Kinship Variables Impact Society 32:32 Data Sets on Moral Situations 38:51 The Main Impacts on Personality 45:48 Why Europe is so Dominant? 51:40 Would Society Return to Pan-Generational Communes? 58:57 Where to Find Dr Henrich - Join the Modern Wisdom Community on Locals - https://modernwisdom.locals.com/ Listen to all episodes on audio: Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2MNqIgw Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2LSimPn - Get in touch in the comments below or head to... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/

Joe HenrichguestChris Williamsonhost

Jan 15, 20221h 0mWatch on YouTube ↗

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Released: January 15, 2022
Duration: 1h 0m
Channel: Modern Wisdom
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Joe Henrich is Professor of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University and an author. Humans like to think that we're sovereign individuals with agency over our preferences and actions. But we are also a part of our social environment and Joe has teased apart some fascinating trends which explain how our location and culture have huge impacts on the way we behave, our preferences on everything from dating to work and family life to religion. Expect to learn why the things we consider to be human nature could just be cultural conditioning, the dangerous future if there's lots of sexless men, how the choice between growing rice and wheat impacts family life, what diplomatic immunity to parking tickets tells us about human nature, how Joe's lab can use language to archaeologically tell us about social trends from history... Sponsors: Join the Modern Wisdom Community to connect with me & other listeners - https://modernwisdom.locals.com/ Get 83% discount & 3 months free from Surfshark VPN at https://surfshark.deals/MODERNWISDOM (use code MODERNWISDOM) Get 20% discount on the highest quality CBD Products from Pure Sport at https://bit.ly/cbdwisdom (use code: MW20) Extra Stuff: Buy The Weirdest People In The World - https://amzn.to/3F3wUY7 Follow Joe on Twitter - https://twitter.com/JoHenrich Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom #evolution #psychology #culture - 00:00 Intro 01:09 Cultural Conditioning & the Westermarck Effect 08:57 Is Monogamy Beneficial for Men? 17:44 Future of the Sexual Marketplace 22:12 How Kinship Variables Impact Society 32:32 Data Sets on Moral Situations 38:51 The Main Impacts on Personality 45:48 Why Europe is so Dominant? 51:40 Would Society Return to Pan-Generational Communes? 58:57 Where to Find Dr Henrich - Join the Modern Wisdom Community on Locals - https://modernwisdom.locals.com/ Listen to all episodes on audio: Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2MNqIgw Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2LSimPn - Get in touch in the comments below or head to... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/

SPEAKERS

Joe Henrich
guest
Chris Williamson
host

EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Modern Wisdom, featuring Joe Henrich and Chris Williamson, Evolution, Psychology, Monogamy & Culture - Dr Joe Henrich explores how Culture, Kinship And Monogamy Rewire Human Minds And Societies Joe Henrich explains how much of what we call “human nature” is actually culture-shaped psychology, using his WEIRD (Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, Democratic) framework to show that modern Western minds are global outliers.

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