Modern Wisdom

#515 - David & Douglas Kenrick - Evolved Psychology Vs The Modern World

Aug 20, 2022

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The New Pyramid of Human Motives

03:32

Genetic Mutation

01:47

Is Death by Cop Really a Pyramid of Motives?

04:57

Introduction

4min

Do You Feel Better When You're Not Working?

3min

The New Pyramid of Human Motives

4min

The Great-Grandchildren Optimizers

3min

The Mappiness Study - The Number One Thing Plus 20 in Terms of Happiness

3min

The Modern World Is More Comfortable for Humans, Right?

2min

Is an Existential Crisis a Luxurious Position?

2min

Is There a Relationship Between Loneliness and Existential Crisis?

4min

A CrossFit Coach, a Stag Do in Barcelona, Spain

3min

10.

You Don't Need a Lot of Money to Make Yourself Fat, Right?

4min

11.

Is Death by Cop Really a Pyramid of Motives?

5min

12.

Why Do We Feel So Unsafe Day to Day?

3min

13.

Is There a Vestigial Negativity Bias?

3min

14.

Are We Going to Look Back on Machiavellian Strategies?

3min

15.

How Do Friendships Work?

4min

16.

Female Friendships

2min

17.

The Difference Between Dominance and Prestige Leaders

4min

18.

The Machiavellian Dating Strategy

2min

19.

Is There a Difference Between Strong Pair Bonding and Love?

3min

20.

The Relationship Between Dominance and Attraction

4min

21.

Women Value a Cooler Job More Than a High-Paying Job

3min

22.

The Rock Star, the Local Rock Star?

2min

23.

Why Do Humans Go Through Menopause?

3min

24.

Is There a Genetic Switch That Could Have Caused Menopause?

3min

25.

Genetic Mutation

2min

26.

Do You Know Where Your Brother Is?

4min

27.

Is There a Risk of Having a Killing Friend?

3min

28.

The Evolutionary Justification for Being Kind

6min

David Lundberg Kenrick is the Psychology Program Manager at Arizona State University and Douglas Kenrick is a Professor of psychology at Arizona State University.

Our brains were designed to exist in a very different environment to the one they find themselves in. Managing modern problems with stone-age operating systems causes us to act in strange, suboptimal, silly ways. Which is why it's so important to understand how our minds developed.

Expect to learn just how violent humans were ancestrally, why more people die of obesity than starvation in 2022, whether dominance or prestige is more important at getting ahead, whether ancient humans felt love the same way we do now, why human females go through menopause, the relationship between dominance and attraction and much more...

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