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Joseph Henrich

Published podcast speaker

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1. That’s because there’s a lot of variation in the environments that people in lower classes face compared to the relatively homogeneous environments that they face in upper classes.

“1. That’s because there’s a lot of variation in the environments that people in lower classes face compared to the relatively homogeneous environments that they face in upper classes.”
Speaker
Joseph Henrich
Publisher
Conversations with Tyler

02 / evaluation

When there’s not very much interesting things, interesting tools, techniques, ideas in the minds and behaviors of other members in your social group, individual learning is better because learning from others doesn’t get you anything because nobody else in the group has anything.

“When there’s not very much interesting things, interesting tools, techniques, ideas in the minds and behaviors of other members in your social group, individual learning is better because learning from others doesn’t get you anything because nobody else in the group has anything.”
Speaker
Joseph Henrich
Publisher
Conversations with Tyler

03 / evaluation

People would hide when they had a good crop and they brought in a big yield; they would underplay it and try to hide how much they did. They might have had a particularly good fertilizer, they might have figured out a new cropping technique — but that would be concealed from dissemination because of this concern that if people knew they were doing well they would envy them, and then bad stuff would happen to them.

“People would hide when they had a good crop and they brought in a big yield; they would underplay it and try to hide how much they did. They might have had a particularly good fertilizer, they might have figured out a new cropping technique — but that would be concealed from dissemination because of this concern that if people knew they were doing well they would envy them, and then bad stuff would happen to them.”
Speaker
Joseph Henrich
Publisher
Conversations with Tyler

04 / evaluation

If it was genetic, it wouldn’t go away in a few generations. It seems like they’re bringing heritage from the place, and it’s getting retransmitted because they’re in ethnic communities or they’re parents.

“If it was genetic, it wouldn’t go away in a few generations. It seems like they’re bringing heritage from the place, and it’s getting retransmitted because they’re in ethnic communities or they’re parents.”
Speaker
Joseph Henrich
Publisher
Conversations with Tyler
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