Book · 2021 · Science
A Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century
Evolution and the Challenges of Modern Life
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Your book is is is so incredibly important because it's you know until I went through this book I didn't understand that pretty much everything as you say is Downstream from my evolutionary biology... I highly recommend everybody gets this book and has a read of it it's called a hunter gatherer Guide to the 21st century Evolution and the.
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It's called A Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century and we're diving into their possible solutions to a world in disarray.
Megyn Kelly The Megyn Kelly Show · Sep 2021 So your book is not about vocism it's really about life.
Megyn Kelly The Megyn Kelly Show · Sep 2021 Where and when it comes up
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A Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century by Heather Heying and Bret Weinstein is a book exploring how evolutionary biology shapes modern human behavior and societal challenges. Steven Bartlett enthusiastically recommended the book on The Diary Of A CEO, telling listeners that it provided crucial insights into how everyday life remains downstream from human evolutionary history. Similarly, Joe Rogan discussed the text on The Joe Rogan Experience, noting how it addressed the struggles humans face when dealing with the hyper-novelty of contemporary society. Megyn Kelly and Jordan Peterson also hosted the authors on their respective podcasts, using the book as a springboard to examine broader issues of human health, culture, and the state of the modern world. During these discussions, the authors explained that the title alludes to human history on the African savannah and how those ancestral traits clash with the demands of the current century. Interviewers highlighted the practical wisdom found within its pages, framing the work as essential reading for understanding the friction between ancient biology and modern technological civilization. Across multiple podcast appearances, the hosts consistently praised the authors for offering grounded, science-backed perspectives on navigating a world in disarray, prompting their audiences to pick up a copy.
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Joe Rogan it's called a hunter gatherers light guide to the 21st century i just heard about that this morning is it good 1
Recommended
“it's called a hunter gatherers light guide to the 21st century i just heard about that this morning is it good”
Steven Bartlett your book is is is so incredibly important because it's you know until I went through this book I didn't un… 1
Recommended
“your book is is is so incredibly important because it's you know until I went through this book I didn't understand that pretty much everything as you say is Downstream from my evolutionary biology... I highly recommend everybody gets this book and has a read of it it's called a hunter gatherer Guide to the 21st century Evolution and the”
Megyn Kelly They are former professors, evolutionary biologists, co-hosts of the very, very big podcast Darkhorse, and… 4
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“They are former professors, evolutionary biologists, co-hosts of the very, very big podcast Darkhorse, and authors of the new book, A Hunter Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century. Out today, we are going to talk about it all.”
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“so your book is not about vocism it's really about life”
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“we are joined today by brett weinstein and heather heing and we are discussing their new book a hunter-gatherer's guide to the 21st century”
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“joining me today brett weinstein and heather hayeg uh it's called a hunter-gatherer's guide to the 21st century and we're diving into their possible solutions to a world in disarray”
Lex Fridman this is uh a hunter-gatherer's guide to the 21st century co-authored that's right 2
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“this is uh a hunter-gatherer's guide to the 21st century co-authored that's right”
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“back to your book Hunter gatherer's Guide to the 21st century I can't wait both for the book and the videos you do on the book”
Heather Heying and that is indeed what the title of the book alludes to 1
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“and that is indeed what the title of the book alludes to”
Jordan Peterson thank you a hunter-gatherer's guide to the 21st century so let's talk about that i've got some questions 1
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“thank you a hunter-gatherer's guide to the 21st century so let's talk about that i've got some questions”
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Plugged
“The only book that I've published is A Hunter Gatherers Guide to the 21st Century with which I co-wrote with Heather. Um, and if you're one of those people like me who likes audiobooks, Heather and I read the the book for the audio book. So, if you want to hear us tell you what it means, you can hear”
Passing
“They are the co-authors of A Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century: Evolution and the Challenges of Modern Life.”
Plugged
“In a hunter gatherers's guide to the 21st century, Heather and I argue that rights of passage are the place.”
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“Bret Weinstein, PhD, is an evolutionary biologist, author, and co-host of “The DarkHorse Podcast” with his wife, biologist Heather Heying. They are the co-authors of “A Hunter-Gatherer’s Guide to the 21st Century: Evolution and the Challenges of Modern Life.””
Plugged
“What has happened to us that has created the growing, spreading, morphing dystopia is a process that Heather and I in our book, A Hunter Gather's Guide to the 21st Century, call hyper novelty.”
Plugged
“what Heather and I argued in our book is that there is a flip-flop between two modes of uh cognitive functioning for humans”
Passing
“Dr. Bret Weinstein is an evolutionary biologist, podcaster, and author. He co-wrote "A Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century: Evolution and the Challenges of Modern Life" with his wife, Dr. Heather Heying”
Plugged
“human beings suffer from something that uh my wife Heather and I in our book call hyper novelty”
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“she's my wife and the co-author of that book you have in front of you”
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“so U Heather and I described this model in in our book hun gathers Guide to the 21st century human beings are a unique species”
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“and what Heather and I argue in our book is that the the way human beings get through time is they oscillate between two modes”
Plugged
“So, let me just lay out the sort of brief model, and this is, for people who want to dive deeper, this is in the book that Heather and I wrote, "A Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century".”
Plugged
“how's the book been doing and tell them about the book again hold it up again so because i don't want people to forget um the book has been doing spectacularly well in fact so well that it is now a victim of its own success”
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“authors of the new book a hunter-gatherer's guide to the 21st century out today”
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“brett weinstein and heather hayeg authors of the new book a hunter gatherer's guide to the 21st century out today”
Passing
“we are joined today by co-hosts of the very popular dark horse podcast brett weinstein and heather heing”
Plugged
“so in our upcoming book Heather and I in our last chapter explore something called the fourth Frontier and fourth Frontier has to do with sort of a 2.0 version of civilization”