#439 - Glenn Geher - Positive Evolutionary Psychology

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 4.6K Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2022

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

Glenn Geher is Professor of Psychology and Founding Director of Evolutionary Studies at the State University of New York and an author.

Ancestral lifestyles are a big trend at the moment. Taking influence from our paleolithic past to inform how we eat, train and move in the modern world. But taking an ancestral approach to our psychological wellbeing is much rarer and this is Glenn's work - what can insights about our past teach us about how to enjoy the present.

Expect to learn why depression and anxiety might actually be useful, why understanding the reason for emotions reduces their power over you, why it's miraculous that the education system has worked at all, why men are twice as likely to die in early adulthood than women, the danger of technology through an evolutionary lens and much more...

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0:00.0	Hello everybody, welcome back to the show. My guest today is Glen Gare. He's professor of
0:06.0	psychology and founding director of evolutionary studies at the State University of New York and
0:11.6	an author. Ancestral lifestyles are a big trend at the moment, taking influence from our
0:16.3	Paleolithic past to inform how we eat, train and move in the modern world. But taking an ancestral
0:22.7	approach to our psychological well-being is much rarer and this is Glen's work. What can insight
0:28.3	about our past teach us about how to enjoy the present? Expect to learn why depression and
0:33.5	anxiety might actually be useful, why understanding the reason for emotions reduces their power
0:38.8	of view, why it's miraculous that the education system has worked at all, why men are twice as
0:44.4	likely to die in early adulthood than women, the danger of technology through an evolutionary lens,
0:50.0	and much more. It's my final few days in New York City and then I am back to Austin this weekend
0:57.0	and the programming over the next couple of weeks is insane. So some huge guests, some really exciting
1:03.8	episodes I'm looking forward to having and also looking forward to not living out of a suitcase
1:07.9	anymore, which has been the last fortnight of my life. So yes, enjoyed the trip but looking forward
1:14.6	to settling down into a somewhat normal routine for at least the next month. In other news,
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