Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2025-05-08
Chris Williamson & Paul Turke: books mentioned on Modern Wisdom #938
How Modern Parenting Got It All Wrong - Dr Paul Turke - #938
Dr Paul Turke is a pediatrician, evolutionary anthropologist, and an author. How did humans raise kids 1,000 years ago?
Chris Williamson recommended Blueprint by Robert Plomin.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Blueprint
Blueprint by Robert Plomin is a 2018 book by the behavioral geneticist that argues DNA is the primary factor shaping human psychological differences, personality traits, and life outcomes.
Recommended“I think all of the uh dating advice in the world and all of the child rearing books in the world could be replaced with blueprint by Robert Plowman maybe.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged Bringing Up Baby
“Um, probably the biggest one and one of the big themes in my book is that we used to live embedded in kinship networks.”
Plugged Bringing Up Baby
“It's called Bringing Up Baby, an evolutionary view of pediatrics.”