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Podcast: Call It Like I See It
Episode: Is Gossip the Unsung Hero in Human Societies? Exploring Harari’s “Sapiens” and the Effect of Modern Media
Description: James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana discuss the theory that human languages evolved in order to facilitate gossiping, which was raised in the book, Sapiens, by Yuval Noah Harari, and consider the ways our modern societies may illustrate this theory and also how recent trends may work to undermine how humans have traditionally used gossip to their advantage.
Sapiens (Yuval Noah Harari)