A Hunter-Gatherer’s Guide to the 21st Century By Heather Heying, Bret Weinstein
- Narrated by: Heather Heying, Bret Weinstein
- Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 09-14-21
A Hunter-Gatherer’s Guide to the 21st Century AudioBook Summary
A provocative exploration of the tension between our evolutionary history and our modern woes – and what we can do about it.
We are living through the most prosperous age in all of human history, yet we are listless, divided, and miserable. Wealth and comfort are unparalleled, but our political landscape is unmoored, and rates of suicide, loneliness, and chronic illness continue to skyrocket. How do we explain the gap between these truths? And how should we respond?
For evolutionary biologists Heather Heying and Bret Weinstein, the cause of our troubles is clear: The accelerating rate of change in the modern world has outstripped the capacity of our brains and bodies to adapt. We evolved to live in clans, but today many people don’t even know their neighbors’ names. In our haste to discard outdated gender roles, we increasingly deny the flesh-and-blood realities of sex – and its ancient roots. The cognitive dissonance spawned by trying to live in a society we are not built for is killing us.
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