Why Isn't Our System Built Around Economic Efficiency?

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School is brand new in human evolution, like kno one, no other species really do school. For modern people, school is a necessary supplement to education, right? And indeed, there are a lot of things that people learn how to do that seems like it would require direct instruction. That actually does not, where direct instruction is actually a o forbidden by the culture. It's done by trial and error, by observation and then trial and error. The idea that everything that must be learned must be learned from a teacher in a formal educational setting, is absurd.

We are living through the most prosperous age in all of human history, yet people are more listless, divided and miserable than ever. Wealth and comfort are unparalleled, and yet our political landscape grows ever more toxic, and rates of suicide, loneliness, and chronic illness continue to skyrocket. How do we explain the gap between these two truths? What’s more, what can we do to close it?

For evolutionary biologists Heather Heying and Bret Weinstein, the cause of our woes is clear: the modern world is out of sync with our ancient brains and bodies. The cognitive dissonance spawned by trying to live in a society we’re not built for is killing us.

Heying and Weinstein cut through the politically fraught discourse surrounding issues like sex, gender, diet, parenting, sleep, education, and more to outline a science-based worldview that will empower you to live a better, wiser life. They distill more than 20 years of research and first-hand accounts from the most biodiverse ecosystems on Earth into straightforward principles and guidance for confronting our culture of hyper-novelty.