Nick talks to evolutionary biologists Bret Weinstein & Heather Heying about using evolutionary thinking to understand humanity's predicaments in the 21st century. They discuss a variety of topics related to their new book, "A Hunter Gatherers Guide to the 21st Century," including modern medicine, dieting & health, sleep & light, dating & mating systems, and questions related to consciousness and the state of civilization at large. The book is meant to provide an evolutionary toolkit for understanding the modern human condition by understanding our past.
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0:00:00 Episode Intro
0:04:44 Heather & Bret Intro
0:07:24 The Evolutionary Lens
0:11:50 The Human Niche
0:14:47 Culture vs. Consciousness
0:21:55 Culture is Biological
0:26:45 WEIRD People
0:29:22 Chesteron's Fence & the Appendix
0:36:31 Microbiome & Antibiotics
0:41:36 Vitamin D & Sunlight
0:48:54 THC, Marijuana & Reductionism
0:53:03 Is There An Optimal Human Diet?
0:58:27 Personalized Dieting & Medicine
1:02:49 Sleep & Light Exposure
1:14:00 Dreams & Hallucinations
1:17:12 Why Do Plants & Fungi Make Psychoactive Drugs?
1:35:07 Sleep & Light Habits Before Bed
1:43:17 Sexual Dimorphism & Human Mating Systems
1:49:05 Violence, Monogamy & Polygyny
1:58:01 Technology, Culture & Intergenerational Learning
2:03:45 How Blank Is the Human Slate (Brain)?
2:08:23 School
2:15:48 Advertising & Theory of Mind
2:27:49 Is Religion Evolutionarily Adaptive?
2:35:31 Terence McKenna, Tech & Cultural Decoherence
2:42:52 Civilizational Senescence
2:47:35 Final Thoughts
