SYSK Selects: What was the most peaceful time in history?

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🗓️ 30 September 2017

⏱️ 32 minutes

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In this week's SYSK Select episode, there is a lot of debate about whether pre-agricultural humans existed in a more harmonious state than we do today. Did we slip out of Eden when we began to build large scale societies and pay the price for technologica

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0:00.0	There's so much news happening around the world that we're somehow supposed to stay on top of.
0:05.7	That's why we launched The Big Take.
0:08.3	It's a daily podcast from Bloomberg and I Heart Radio that turns down the volume a bit
0:14.0	to give you some space to think.
0:16.4	I'm Wes Kosova.
0:17.7	Each weekday I dig into one important story and talk about why it matters.
0:23.6	Listen to The Big Take on The I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen.
0:31.7	Hi there, it's me Josh and for S.Y.S.K.S.
0:34.7	Selects this week I've chosen what was the most peaceful time in history, which originally
0:39.9	came out in March 2013.
0:43.7	There's a big discussion about Stephen Pinker and if this kind of thing floats your boat,
0:48.8	check out Reality Denial, Stephen Pinker's Apologetics for Western Imperial Violence,
0:54.9	which was a public intellectuals project article.
0:59.1	Makes kind of a good companion piece to this episode.
1:02.7	At any rate, enjoy it.
1:04.0	It's a good one.
1:11.0	Welcome to Stuffy Should Know from HouseofWorks.com.
1:20.9	Hi and welcome to The Podcast.
1:22.4	I'm Josh Clark.
1:23.4	There's Charles W. Chuck Bryant.
1:24.8	We're being very professional and this is Stuffy Shoe.
1:29.0	Are we?
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