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Episode 122: Richard Wrangham - How Humans Self-Domesticated Through Homicide
1 hour 14 minutes Posted Sep 27, 2024 at 9:00 am.
Richard Wrangham is a professor at Harvard, a primatologist, and the author of multiple books including "The Goodness Paradox: The Strange Relationship Between Virtue and Violence in Human Evolution."------------Book a meeting with Dan------------Keep Talking SubstackSpotifyApple PodcastsSocial media and all episodes------------Support via VenmoSupport on SubstackSupport on Patreon------------
Intro
How humans have removed alpha male bullies
Christopher Boehm's "Hierarchy in the Forest"
Implications of human's self-domestication through violence
Bullying male behavior that would lead to execution
How the threat of violence influenced our moral impulses
Psychopathy and reactive aggression in adult men
How can someone spot a psychopath?
Jane Goodall and how Richard views human nature
Cooking and fire
Richard's views on removing the y chromosome
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Richard Wrangham is a professor at Harvard, a primatologist, and the author of multiple books including "The Goodness Paradox: The Strange Relationship Between Virtue and Violence in Human Evolution."------------Book a meeting with Dan------------Keep Talking SubstackSpotifyApple PodcastsSocial media and all episodes------------Support via VenmoSupport on SubstackSupport on Patreon------------(00:00) Intro(00:50) How humans have removed alpha male bullies(09:59) Christopher Boehm's "Hierarchy in the Forest"(16:06) Implications of human's self-domestication through violence(22:03) Bullying male behavior that would lead to execution(28:45) How the threat of violence influenced our moral impulses(34:23) Psychopathy and reactive aggression in adult men(45:25) How can someone spot a psychopath?(50:07) Jane Goodall and how Richard views human nature(01:02:53) Cooking and fire(01:03:13) Richard's views on removing the y chromosome(01:10:39) Removing genes for extreme aggression rather than men altogether