Evolved Psychology Vs The Modern World - David & Douglas Kenrick | Modern Wisdom Podcast 515

David Lundberg Kenrick is the Psychology Program Manager at Arizona State University and Douglas Kenrick is a Professor of psychology at Arizona State University.

Our brains were designed to exist in a very different environment to the one they find themselves in. Managing modern problems with stone-age operating systems causes us to act in strange, suboptimal, silly ways. Which is why it's so important to understand how our minds developed.

Expect to learn just how violent humans were ancestrally, why more people die of obesity than starvation in 2022, whether dominance or prestige is more important at getting ahead, whether ancient humans felt love the same way we do now, why human females go through menopause, the relationship between dominance and attraction and much more...

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00:00 Intro
03:03 The New Pyramid of Human Motives
12:24 Why Society’s Issues are Becoming More Complex
17:25 Ancient Minds with Modern Problems
30:44 Why We Feel More Unsafe Today
35:51 How the Human Psyche Will Change in the Future
42:29 Purpose of Friendship
52:29 Differences Between Ancient & Modern ‘Love’
1:04:26 Why Females Go Through Menopause
1:11:33 The Desire to Protect Family
1:19:43 Why We Should Be Kind
1:24:14 Where to Find David & Douglas

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