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Podcast: Serious Inquiries Only
Episode: SIO417: Does Our Evolutionary History Doom Us To Failure?
Description: When it comes to climate change, for example, it can certainly feel that way. Dr. Timothy Waring from The University of Maine has written a paper exploring these ideas. He's an expert in Cultural Evolution, and he believes that new lens may give us a clearer picture of our mysterious inability to solve many of these big challenges.  You can read the paper here: Characteristic processes of human evolution caused the Anthropocene and may obstruct its global solutions  Are you an expert in something and want to be on the show? Apply here! Please please pretty please support the show...