The Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society (Nicholas Christakis Interview)

The Rubin Report

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News Commentary, News, Politics

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🗓️ 17 April 2019

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Nicholas Christakis (Sociologist & Author) joins Dave to discuss the Yale Halloween costume debacle, his book ‘Blueprint: The Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society’, the importance of free and open conversation, the value of friendship, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Join me today as a sociologist, a physician, a professor at Yale University, and author
0:09.4	of the new book Blueprint, the Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society.
0:14.3	Nick Kristakis, welcome to the Ruben Report.
0:16.0	Thank you for having me, Dave.
0:17.4	I am happy to have you here, sir, but I'm depressed that I have to start the show the
0:22.7	way I sort of have to start the show.
0:25.0	And I suspect you know how I have to start the show.
0:29.3	So do you want to set it up for me?
0:32.1	Well, I mean, we do just have to get this out of the way.
0:34.9	I know.
0:35.9	I knew when the book was published.
0:36.9	I mean, I've been working in the book for nine years, and I knew when it was published
0:39.9	that I would have to revisit those events from 2015, which you know, we're just a challenging
0:46.2	period of my life.
0:47.7	Thankfully in the past, I'm really glad to have it behind me.
0:51.6	But I recognize that, so you tell whatever part of it you want to tell.
0:54.8	Okay.
0:55.8	So you are and we're a professor at Yale University.
0:58.4	Yes.
0:59.4	This is in, I think the fall of 2015.
1:00.8	Yes.
1:01.8	Fall of 2015.
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