What's the Selection Mechanism?

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Nival Noah Harari, I don't remember if it was in sapiens or he talked about it on a podcast. He talked about how like there were peaceful, like civilizations and communities,. Like there were actually like altruistic benevolent leaders that had these little tribes. And those didn't survive because they got killed. So what happened is that it kind of self selected for a lot of narcissists and like sociopaths. Those are the people that survived and survival of the fittest. You know, so it's just like, I cannot begin to tell you how much I wish we live in a benevolent world. That would be my dream.

Today Josh speaks with Sam McNerney on the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Some of the topics we dive into are:

The geopolitical reactions and support of Ukraine.
Putin’s mental health and motivations behind the invasion.
Russia's political and economic future.
The prospects of WW3.
How Russia and Ukraine are both using propaganda as part of information warfare.
The differences between Russian and American oligarchs.
And much more.

Sam McNerney is an applied behavioral scientist, market researcher, and brand strategist based in Brooklyn, New York. He has worked with brands such as Walmart, Procter & Gamble, and CitiBank.

As a writer, he has interviewed business and academic leaders including Arianna Huffington, Andrew Yang, Jonathan Haidt, and Charles Murray – and his essays have been featured in publications like The Washington Post, Psychology Today, and Scientific American.

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