Manifold | Mark Moffett on the Life and Death of Human Societies - #17 @ManifoldPodcast | Uploaded August 2019 | Updated October 2024, 17 hours ago.
Steve and Corey talk with Mark Moffett, Photographer and Research Fellow at the Smithsonian Institute, about his new book The Human Swarm: How our Societies Arise, Thrive and Fall. They discuss Mark’s view that being able walk into a cafe filled with others and not be attacked illustrates what makes human societies distinct and so successful. Mark explains why he is far more interested in questions about when war and other events occur than with traditional issues such as the genetic origins of human behavior. The three discuss Dehumanization and its Chimp equivalent, Dechimpanizeeization, and how they lead to the division of societies, friend turning against friend, and genocide. They discuss the conditions under which foreigners are embraced and whether the US might ever enter into a post-racial society where group differences don’t matter and immigrants are more easily accepted.
Mark Moffett's Bio
doctorbugs.com/bio
Mark Moffett's Photography
doctorbugs.com/nature-photography
The Human Swarm: How Our Societies Arise, Thrive, and Fall
goodreads.com/book/show/38525406-the-human-swarm
Cover Photo: Ants on a Eucalyptus tree by Bennilover (CC BY-ND 2.0)
flickr.com/photos/75885098@N05/36245951660
creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0
man·i·fold /ˈmanəˌfōld/ many and various.
In mathematics, a manifold is a topological space that locally resembles Euclidean space near each point.
Steve Hsu and Corey Washington have been friends for almost 30 years, and between them hold PhDs in Neuroscience, Philosophy, and Theoretical Physics. Join them for wide ranging and unfiltered conversations with leading writers, scientists, technologists, academics, entrepreneurs, investors, and more.
Steve and Corey talk with Mark Moffett, Photographer and Research Fellow at the Smithsonian Institute, about his new book The Human Swarm: How our Societies Arise, Thrive and Fall. They discuss Mark’s view that being able walk into a cafe filled with others and not be attacked illustrates what makes human societies distinct and so successful. Mark explains why he is far more interested in questions about when war and other events occur than with traditional issues such as the genetic origins of human behavior. The three discuss Dehumanization and its Chimp equivalent, Dechimpanizeeization, and how they lead to the division of societies, friend turning against friend, and genocide. They discuss the conditions under which foreigners are embraced and whether the US might ever enter into a post-racial society where group differences don’t matter and immigrants are more easily accepted.
Mark Moffett's Bio
doctorbugs.com/bio
Mark Moffett's Photography
doctorbugs.com/nature-photography
The Human Swarm: How Our Societies Arise, Thrive, and Fall
goodreads.com/book/show/38525406-the-human-swarm
Cover Photo: Ants on a Eucalyptus tree by Bennilover (CC BY-ND 2.0)
flickr.com/photos/75885098@N05/36245951660
creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0
man·i·fold /ˈmanəˌfōld/ many and various.
In mathematics, a manifold is a topological space that locally resembles Euclidean space near each point.
Steve Hsu and Corey Washington have been friends for almost 30 years, and between them hold PhDs in Neuroscience, Philosophy, and Theoretical Physics. Join them for wide ranging and unfiltered conversations with leading writers, scientists, technologists, academics, entrepreneurs, investors, and more.
