All societies we know, they'vebeen around for a long time, have evolved the same kind of restrictions and ntribalism. Hire's no reason to restrict yourself on food and sex - it's obviously just a personal choice. If there are certain arbitrary things that i don't eat, if there arecertain arbitrary sounding restrictions on on sex, and i'm able to abide by them while i i develop the ability to defer pleasure then this may have a long-term advent advantages. Hyk says man consists of complex practices or cultural heritage which make him better than other people because he could put it into place more easily.
Traditions and norms can seem at best out-of-touch and at worst offensive to many a modern mind. But Israeli computer scientist and Talmud scholar Moshe Koppel argues that traditions and norms--if they evolve slowly--create trust, develop our capacity for deferred gratification, and even, in the case of how we prepare cassava, protect us from poisoning. Listen as the author of Judaism Straight Up: Why Real Religion Endures talks with EconTalk Russ Roberts about tradition, religion, tribalism, resilience, and emergent order.