How Did Human Leadership Evolve? - Chris Von Rueden - #545

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 29 October 2022

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Chris von Rueden is an anthropologist and Associate Professor at the University of Richmond who researches how humans form status hierarchies and the evolution of human cooperation. We take it for granted that there are leaders in modern society. Presidents, prime ministers, kings and queens. Hierarchies are baked into our world, but what did leadership look like in an ancestral environment and why did it evolve in the first place? Expect to learn the two ways that primitive leaders could command respect from a group, why followership evolved at all in humans, why the Female Leadership Paradox exists, how leadership and hierarchies change as group size increases, whether leaders are altruistic or selfish and much more... Sponsors: Get 5 Free Travel Packs, Free Liquid Vitamin D and Free Shipping from Athletic Greens at https://athleticgreens.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Get 15% discount on the amazing 6 Minute Diary at https://bit.ly/diarywisdom (use code MW15) (USA - https://amzn.to/3b2fQbR and use 15MINUTES) Get 10% discount on your first month from BetterHelp at https://betterhelp.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (00:31) Evolutionary Importance of Leadership (05:14) Human Coordination with Non-Family Members (10:46) Similar Traits Between Humans & Animals (14:31) Does Gender Impact Leadership? (19:27) Regulating Leader/Follower Dynamics (27:47) Leadership Patterns from Non-Mammals (40:06) The Secrecy of Modern Leadership (46:37) Link Between Female Status & Reproductive Success (54:11) Where to Find Chris Extra Stuff: Check out Chris' website - https://sites.google.com/site/chrisvonrueden/home Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom - Episodes You Might Enjoy: This Is How To Master Your Life - David Goggins - #577: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠⁠⁠ How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs - Dr Jordan Peterson - #712: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠⁠ The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain - Dr Andrew Huberman - #700: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠ Get in touch. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello friends, welcome back to the show.
0:03.7	My guest today is Chris Von Ruden.
0:05.6	He's an anthropologist and associate professor at the University of Richmond to research
0:09.6	his how humans form status hierarchies and the evolution of human cooperation.
0:14.8	We take it for granted that there are leaders in modern society, presidents, prime ministers,
0:20.0	kings and queens, hierarchies are baked into our world.
0:23.4	But what did leadership look like in an ancestral environment and why did it evolve in the first
0:28.8	place?
0:29.8	Right to learn the two ways that primitive leaders could command respect from a group.
0:34.0	Why follow a ship evolved at all in humans?
0:37.4	Why the female leadership paradox even exists?
0:40.9	How leadership and hierarchies change as group size increases?
0:44.7	Whether leaders are altruistic or selfish?
0:47.9	And much more.
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