Stephen Pinker: The Champion of Modern Optimism

This week our guest is author and podcast, Chris Ryan, who is well known for exploring the evolution of human society and behavior through his books, Sex at Dawn and Civilized to Death. 

In this episode, we take a candid tour through the many misconceptions and misunderstandings of early hunter-gatherer lifestyles and how an alternative view could benefit us in modernity. This includes topics such as cooperation vs competition, resource control, capitalism, mental health issues, the current ways technologies like energy production and social media alter our lifestyles, and much more.

Find out more about Chris at ⁠chrisryanphd.com⁠ or follow him at ⁠twitter.com/ThatChrisRyan⁠

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