AI-powered
podcast player
Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features
#594 - Dr Richard Wrangham - The Incredible Evolution Of Human Violence
Modern Wisdom
The Ability to Execute Another Member of Your Own Group Changes Society
It is different from when you're attacking a member of another group, because then you can all agree./nBut the emotions are mixed when you're talking about individuals within the same group./nAnd the solution to that is sufficiently good language, where individuals can talk to each other and get a real sense of reassurance, slowly developing, just floating an idea./nSo that guy is a little bit weird recently, don't you think? And eventually getting confidence that yes, okay, let's agree. He really deserves to be sent back to the witches./nAnd we'll get him. And we'll all agree./nAnd that's it. Now this ability to execute another member of your own group changes society hugely, because until then, almost unimaginably for humans as we grow up in society today, we would have had a really bullying system.
00:00
Transcript
Episode notes
Get the Snipd
podcast app
Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
AI-powered
Discover
highlights
Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode
Save any
moment
Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways
Share
& Export
Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more
AI-powered
podcast player
Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features
Discover
highlights
Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode