Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2019-07-08
Books mentioned on How Evolution Shaped Our Societies - Professor Nicholas Christakis - #085
Nicholas Christakis is a Professor at Yale University and an author. Much of what I've covered on the podcast has focussed on evolution's effects on the individual, but today we look at how evolution has shaped us as a collective.
Nicholas Christakis recommended Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Children of Time
Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky is an acclaimed science fiction novel that chronicles the evolution of an advanced civilization built by intelligent genetically modified spiders.
Recommended“have you ever read children of time by Adrienne Tchaikovsky”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing The Odyssey
“so increasingly you know the relationship between human beings and technology is an ancient topic you know Homer talks about this in the Iliad you know what's the role of bronze spears in warfare”
Plugged Blueprint
“and of course we've been talking about my book blueprint the evolutionary origin of a good society which is available everywhere and on my lab we have videos and paper scientific papers and all kinds of other information people want to delve deep”