Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2022-10-29
Books mentioned on How Did Human Leadership Evolve? - Chris Von Rueden - #545
Chris von Rueden is an anthropologist and Associate Professor at the University of Richmond who researches how humans form status hierarchies and the evolution of human cooperation. We take it for granted that there are leaders in modern society.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Sapiens
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari is a sweeping exploration of how Homo sapiens evolved, dominated the planet, and created complex societies through shared myths and imagined realities.
Discussed“I suppose that I mean that's one of the main things that I learned from the sapiens right by you've all know Harare about the fact that up until whatever 15 000 years ago there's no opportunity for people to have massive amounts of inequality because there's nowhere near enough Surplus resources”
