Embracing different perspectives and understanding the long-term impacts of our actions, particularly in terms of cultural shifts and societal evolution, can give us valuable insights to navigate our present and future more effectively.

Author Dougald Hine rejoins Ben to discuss a new book by Tyson Yunkaporta, who suggested that the best thing to do is maybe not to read a book, but to discuss it with someone else.

In their conversation, they explore how deep time diligence impacts cultural changes, the role of violence in human societies, and what imposing limitations can mean to those around us.

Links

At Work in the Ruins – Episode 18
Right Story, Wrong Story: Adventures in Indigenous Thinking, by Tyson Yunkaporta
Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World, by Tyson Yunkaporta
A School Called Home
The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness, by Jonathan Haidt
Further Adventures in Regrowing a Living Culture – Dougald’s spring 2024 series

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