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Tom Bilyeu
William Costello opens his discussion with a Washington Post survey indicating that sexlessness among young men tripled between 2018 and earlier years, though recent data suggests this trend has reversed as women have begun to outpace men in sexual activity statistics during the pandemic. However, C …
Chris Williamson
Michael Easter argues in his book *Scarcity Brain* that human moderation has become increasingly difficult because our evolutionary biology is mismatched with modern abundance. For most of history, humans lived in environments where food, information, and status were scarce resources essential for s …
Chris Williamson
Dr. Paul Turke argues that modern child-rearing practices are fundamentally mismatched with our evolutionary history, leading to significant stress and developmental issues for children and parents alike. Historically, humans lived within extensive kinship networks where multiple helpers—including g …
Chris Williamson
Dr. Dani Sulikowski, an evolutionary psychologist specializing in female intra-sexual competition, argues that many behaviors traditionally viewed through a feminist lens are actually evolved mechanisms designed to maximize relative reproductive success rather than absolute numbers of offspring. She …
The Diary Of A CEO
Michael Easter, a bestselling author and journalist, argues in his books *The Comfort Crisis* and *Scarcity Brain* that modern society has engineered an environment of excessive ease that is detrimental to human health and happiness. He posits that humans have evolved with "ancient hardware" designe …
The Diary Of A CEO
Harvard Professor Daniel Lieberman argues that modern health crises, including obesity, heart disease, cancer, and autoimmune disorders, stem from a fundamental mismatch between our evolutionary biology and contemporary environments. He defines these "mismatch diseases" as conditions arising because …
Andrew Huberman
In this episode of the Huberman Lab podcast, Andrew Huberman interviews Michael Easter to explore how modern conveniences undermine human health and mental resilience by creating an evolutionary mismatch between our ancient nervous systems and contemporary environments. Both speakers argue that huma …