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Death Squared
The Disappearing Spoon: a science history podcast with Sam Kean
The Flynn Effect and the Rise of IQ
The collapse of utopia 25 does not imply that humans will get dumber as their planet gets more crowded. In fact, similar to Calhoun's rats, there's actually evidence that human beings are getting smarter over time. The Flynn Effect says that the IQ of human beings across the world has been steadily increasing for the past century and continues to do so today.
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