Society · 21 min
The Third Chimpanzee
By Jared Diamond
This episode explores the profound paradox of human existence, revealing how a tiny genetic difference from chimpanzees underpins our capacity for both extraordinary creation and devastating destruction.
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Society
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21 min
What it is about
Human evolution, animal behavior, societal paradoxes
Who it is for
If you've ever felt the unsettling tension between our animal instincts and our highest ideals, this will sharpen your understanding of human nature, and this will help you see what to do next.
The author
Jared Diamond, a Pulitzer Prize-winning polymath, draws on biology, anthropology, and history to reveal the deep evolutionary roots of human behavior and civilization's most clear paradoxes.
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