209. Heather Heying & Bret Weinstein on Evolution and the Challenges of Modern Life, Based on Their New Book a Hunter-Gatherer’s Guide to the 21st Century
The Michael Shermer Show
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The Degree to Which We Can and Can't Change
People with stronger cultural emphasis on these things may say, well, you're excusing bad male behavior. So how do you respond to that kind of over deterministic, if it's biology, i can't change it? Well, again, we hope people will come away from the book with an understanding that culture is no less biological than jean's,. but that the degree to which culture can be changed is much greater. And for the most part, we think it's good news. There's a whole lot of flexibility. What we humans need to do and what we need to re negotiate in order to achieve our aspirations is largely within reach. But there are going to be some struggles
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