The Gray Area with Sean Illing
Society & Culture:Philosophy
Sean Illing talks with evolutionary anthropologist David Samson, whose new book Our Tribal Future delves into how tribalism has shaped the human story — and how we might be able to mitigate its negative effects in the future. Sean and David discuss how and when tribal organization came on the scene, what changed in human organization when it did, and how taking advantage of some positive aspects of tribal alignment could provide a path toward inoculating humanity against stubborn, regressive divisiveness.
Host: Sean Illing (@seanilling), host, The Gray Area
Guest: David Samson (@Primalprimate), professor of anthropology, University of Toronto; author
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