Description: 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' name Book and Mortar Record Store A Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century: Evolution and the Challenges of Modern Life -- Heather Heying 23.64 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 In our haste to discard outdated gender roles, we increasingly deny the flesh-and-blood realities of sex--and its ancient roots.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. In this book, Heying and Weinstein draw on decades of their work teaching in college classrooms and exploring Earth's most biodiverse ecosystems to confront today's pressing social ills--from widespread sleep deprivation and dangerous diets to damaging parenting styles and backward education practices. Asking the questions many modern people are afraid to ask, A Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century outlines a science-based worldview that will empower you to live a better, wiser life. Author: Heather Heying, Bret Weinstein Publisher: Portfolio Published: 09/14/2021 Pages: 320 Binding Type: Hardcover Weight: 1.11lbs Size: 9.26h x 6.31w x 1.25d ISBN: 9780593086889 Review Citation(s): Publishers Weekly 08/16/2021 About the Author Heather Heying and Bret Weinstein are evolutionary biologists who have been invited to address the US Congress, the Department of Justice, and the Department of Education, and have spoken before audiences across the globe. They both earned PhDs in Biology from the University of Michigan, where their research on evolution and adaptation earned awards for its quality and innovation. They have been visiting fellows at Princeton University, and before that were professors at the Evergreen State College for fifteen years. They resigned from Evergreen in the wake of 2017 campus riots that focused in part on their opposition to a day of racial segregation and other college "equity" proposals. They cohost weekly livestreams of the DarkHorse podcast.
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Label: Portfolio
Artist: Heying, Heather
Album: A Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century: Evolution and the
Book Title: Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century : Evolution and the Challenges of Modern Life
Number of Pages: 352 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Topic: Civilization, Hunting, Life Sciences / Biological Diversity, Life Sciences / Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology, Ecology, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Life Sciences / Biology
Item Height: 1.1 in
Publication Year: 2021
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Nature, Sports & Recreation, Social Science, Science, Psychology, History
Item Weight: 17.8 Oz
Author: Bret Weinstein, Heather Heying
Item Length: 9.3 in
Item Width: 6.2 in
Format: Hardcover
