MICHAEL MUTHUKRISHNA: Can we cooperate our way out of this? (Warning: a tricky episode!)
About this episode
Michael Muthukrishna discusses how humanity can survive crises through cooperation and cultural evolution.
Michael Muthukrishna (behavioural scientist, cultural evolution researcher) has a unified “theory of everyone” that says we evolved as a species, surviving crises and collapses, through cooperative norms that made sure inequality did not blow out, in conditions of energy abundance. Michael is Professor of Economic Psychology at New York University (NYU) and the London School of Economics , co-founder of London School of Artificial Intelligence (LSAI) , technical director of The Database of Religious History and co-founder of the London School of Artificial Intelligence (LSAI) . He’s also the author of A Theory of Everyone: The New Science of Who We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We Are Going, and in this episode I ask how everyone – humanity – can survive this multi-crisis pile-up when energy is running out. The answer is…complex. Show Notes Get your copy of A Theory of Everyone: The New Science of Who We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We Are Going Learn more about Michael’s work here and his video trailer here You can catch up on my episode about Moloch I mentioned: LIV BOEREE: Explaining Moloch, the…
People in this episode
Host: Sarah Wilson
Guest: Michael Muthukrishna
Topics covered
- cooperation
- cultural evolution
- energy crisis
- inequality
- behavioral science
Keywords
- cooperation
- cultural evolution
- energy abundance
- inequality
- behavioral science
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: New York University, London School of Economics, London School of Artificial Intelligence
Books & works: A Theory of Everyone: The New Science of Who We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We Are Going
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