The evolutionary origins of a good society | Nicholas Christakis | Reason with Science | Psychology

This episode is with Nicholas Christakis. He is the Sterling Professor  of Social and Natural Science at Yale University, where he directs the  Human Nature Lab. He is also the Co-Director of the Yale Institute for  Network Science. His research focuses on social networks and the  socioeconomic, biosocial, and evolutionary determinants of behavior,  health, and longevity.
Here we talk about nature nurture, The social  suite which includes seven core properties of any good society, The  forbidden experiment in sociology, and morality.  

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Timestamps: 

00:00:00 Introduction  

00:01:03 Major questions about human societies  

00:07:16 Importance of human social networks  

00:09:58 Nature- nurture debate   

00:14:15 The social suite  

00:16:06 Importance of the social society in creating a human society  

00:22:17 Going beyond the social suite in a society  

00:24:25 Extended phenotype and Exo-phenotype  

00:29:36 Exo-phenotype and Darwinian evolution 

00:30:30 Importance of an individual in a society  

00:34:48 In-group bias  

00:44:56 How much we can change 'In-group bias'?  

00:47:03 Robert Sapolsky's 'Categorical thinking'  

00:53:05 Life on Mars  

00:54:11 Importance of Mild hierarchies   

00:55:49 Mentorship  over Narcissism  

01:01:39 Love in human societies   

01:06:15 Morality   

01:09:11 Thank you!