Joseph Henrich on Cultural Evolution, WEIRD Societies, and Life Among Tribes | Convos with Tyler

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To anthropologist Joseph Henrich, intelligence is overrated. Social learning, and its ability to influence biological evolution over time, is what really sets our species apart. He joined Tyler for a conversation on his work on cultural evolution, as well as his life among different tribes (academic and otherwise), Star Trek, big gods, small gods, China’s missing industrial revolution, the merits of coconut milk, the Flynn effect, American exceptionalism, and why he wants to travel in time to 6th-century Kent.
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@jhossepmartinez2586 4 года назад

Amazing content this should have so much more views!

@mr.knownothing33 3 года назад

We have rituals today like the judge having to wear a specific type of garment, everyone rising when the judge enters the courtroom etc.

@MattFRox 3 года назад

I love this interviewers style and how well he forms questions

@3506Dodge 11 месяцев назад

He is blunt and confrontational. He has an agenda. He's not just intellectually curious. He wants Henrich to agree with his "conservative" agenda.

@ronkrate609 5 месяцев назад

He gallops, spoiling some of his contribution

@wodenravens 3 года назад

Big fan of Henrich. But he's one tough interviewee. The interviewer did a great job of not making it seem too awkward. He gives the impression that every question he is fielded is stupid. He had a similar demeanour on a recent Sam Harris podcast. I wish he would take the question and run with it more often as he has so much fascinating stuff to share.

@brikstik3442 2 года назад

He was recently on arm chair expert which is where I found him. I see what you mean in this interview. But he did pretty well on the arm chair podcast.

@christopherhamilton3621 11 месяцев назад

Joe won’t give quarter to questions that can be misleading. Tyler often reads in too much or projects and Joe is right to dial it back. He’s not making the interviewer or question seem stupid if it is. Period. He always tries to be quite clear.

@inetstrydom9884 2 года назад

Hello from Kent, England in the town where they built the 2nd cathedral.

@remiremsar5946 4 месяца назад

Without considering cultural context, psychologists may misinterpret behaviors or phenomena as universal when they are actually culturally specific. For example, the practice of setting boundaries may be seen as a psychological necessity, when it might just be a cultural norm in Western societies. Findings from W.E.I.R.D. populations are often generalized to all humans, leading to theories and models that may not accurately reflect human universality.

@jives. 5 лет назад

good stuff

@TomsTomTomdotcom 5 лет назад

Amazing. Every once in a whuile i am awed by someone smarter than me. Once per decade. Lot and lots as smary but more conceientious but this guy is smarter too

@John_on_the_mountain 3 года назад

Im trying to think when and what cultures gods had weak and whimsical gods with no notion of afterlife. What culture?

@thephilosophicalagnostic2177 2 года назад

All of them until monotheism emerged during the Axial Age.

@Ijis787 7 месяцев назад

@@thephilosophicalagnostic2177 I mean… Could you name one in particular?

@JM-st1le 2 месяца назад

@@thephilosophicalagnostic2177 You can't say for sure though. It's still possible some monotheistic religion existed before then but died out for some reason.

@danwroy 9 месяцев назад

Someone please confirm for me that the audio here is atrocious

@unreliablenarrator6649 3 года назад

Anyone who calls Japan an atheist society does not know Japan. If you define religion narrowly by Western standard you are using the wrong measuring stick.

@tagrandmere5415 3 года назад

what would be your definition of religion

@KevinUchihaOG 2 года назад

Anyone who thinks "atheist" means "irreligious" does not know atheism. Atheism, from greek 'a + theos' meaning "without god". And does not mean "without religion" or "without supernatural thinking".

@charlotterouillon5919 3 года назад

GÈNIAL.

@puccaso 2 года назад

13:17 maybe these people are just very much more intelligent than myself, however it seems like this interlocutor isn't actually listening to any of the responses given?

@jacintagaynor9903 2 года назад

Great stuff! I hope we evolve out of the need for religion in my lifetime but highly unlikely. Joseph shouldn’t be compared to Pinker… he’s clearly more interesting, less arrogant, and at least equal intelligence to Pinker.

@anderb9311 9 месяцев назад

Patriarchal structures in China as one of the reasons why England and not China achieved an economic take-off in the 19th century? Really? England (then with an empire, the landlords, a big military, ...), as a constitutional monarchy at that time, as nearly all of european states monarchys (nothing with democracy then) until at least 1870 (France)? There are those who support this thesis (Chinas downfall in the 19 century because of those patriarchal structures) and there are those who do not. Who is to be believed, since it certainly played and still plays an important role, including structural and systematic aspects, which are also positive, but more often negative?

@citadelo5ricks 15 дней назад

To the interviewer, do a little more homework, you are simply asking questions to support your own world view and you're not respecting discipline of specific academic research. Trying to ask broad leading questions that are not in Heinrich's expertise are distracting and justifiably he does not bite.

@teenafabella 11 месяцев назад

Kim O O

@debralegorreta1375 3 года назад

Sickening how the interviewer interjects his own bias. WTF is the Mercatus Center and why do they hire such idiots. I couldn't make it beyond minute 14:29.

@melissadouglas570 3 года назад

The ‘About’ section of this channel states, “The Mercatus Center is a university-based research center that focuses on how markets solve problems and improve our lives.” This video’s topic fascinates me, but the Mercatus Center needs a better description for the work/science it does if it hopes to reach/inspire/attract the type and numbers of thinkers these discussion topics have potential to draw. To your point, it is difficult to master an interviewing technique where informed questioning pulls a clearer representation of the topic from the interviewee, without dominating the discussion, bloviating or intellectually grandstanding. Interviewing is definitely a skill, requiring practice and reflection. This guy is obviously still struggling with the basic tutorials.😳🙄😬

@christopherhamilton3621 11 месяцев назад

Hopefully he’ll improve, but it is annoying. Forcing myself to listen to it all because 1, I have the time and 2, I love listening to Joe.

@thephilosophicalagnostic2177 2 года назад

Dumber, each individual can only know a tiny % of total knowledge accumulated. Smarter, each individual has access to far larger amounts of knowledge. We don't have to reinvent the wheel, or the cell phone.

@christopherhamilton3621 11 месяцев назад

Erm, no…