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#515 - David & Douglas Kenrick - Evolved Psychology Vs The Modern World

Modern Wisdom

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Why Do We Feel So Unsafe Day to Day?

We're designed to look for threats in a world where there aren't that many people. But the news media capital, we have that powerful motive: I want to know if there's a threat. Do you know anybody who was murdered either one of you guys? No, not me. So thinking about the fact that we've got this evolutionary mismatch. And so it seems like, holy crap, what a dangerous world we live in.

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