Ep. 244: "The WEIRDest People in the World" by J. Henrich | Book Review | Swetlana AI Podcast
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The WEIRDest People in the World explains how medieval Catholic marriage bans broke down kin-based societies, rewired Western minds toward individualism and analytical thinking, and laid the psychological groundwork for capitalism, democracy, and modern institutions.
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If medieval decrees about who you couldn't sleep with literally altered your brain wiring and laid the groundwork for capitalism, what other things we take as obvious truths about how people are may just be cultural programming?
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