Tribalism Explained | Richard Wrangham and Lex Fridman

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Richard Wrangham is a biological anthropologist at Harvard, specializing in the study of primates and the evolution of violence, sex, cooking, culture, and other aspects of ape and human behavior.

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SOCIAL:

[thorgeist]

I mean, how do you explain pathological violence in women? Sure it’s not as wide spread as with males. Yet still very prevalent in women. 85% of serial killers had a physically/sexually abusive mother. The most prevalent domestic violence coming out of the African American community, comes from African American women. A high percentage of heterosexual American men are in physically/emotionally abusive relationships as we speak. I mean to lay the blame of fatal violence at the feet of men is disingenuous to say the least.

[mikewilliams]

"The 20th century was the least violent in human history."

Well we gave it our best shot.

[pepelopez]

Practical demonstration of how someone who is an intelligent expert in observing the behavior of animals similar to us, faced with an ethical dilemma, goes on to reason stupidly and simplistically like any other religious person. Without the organized (non-reactive) violence and confrontation generated by men we would still be living in grass huts as Camile Paglia used to say. It is amazing to see him ignore female non-physical violence and think that people, when debating a problem, are actually addressing the problem when in reality it is a social dominance dispute. Amazing how low political beliefs can bring an intelligent person down.

[Paul-ourx]

If there were no men to "do violence" women would fill the void. This guy is living in a fantasy world.

[Tassadar]

-But you know, Males are a Bug
-Cmon now, there are some nice things to males… speaking as a male”
I was dying laughing

[johnfausett]

Lex, haven't you observed violence from females where no physical blows have been delivered? It's less direct than male violence, and some would say less honest, but manages to wound nonetheless.

[victoralejadromc]

It is hard to disagree that violence is terrible. However, an aggressive behaviour (driver of violence) is utilitarian in a context of competence and for that reason one could argue that males are rather useful.

[jah_hern]

I love listening to this man Richard. Awesome voice to just listen to.

[carbonman]

Some males are so extremely vulnerable that they hate their own kind. He's like a tiny dog in a big dogs world

[autodidact]

Males aren't just violent, they're incredibly creative as well.

[skntbmr]

Isnt’t the only “goal” of evolution for a species, for the species to survive? Anything else, art, music, knowledge, is a byproduct of that.

[doubleaz]

Lex is really pushing himself too hard. Dude needs a vacation.

[SuperAshleyriot]

Why does this man have such a problem with the male half of the human population? This is the second clip I've watched of this guest.

[Boooppp]

Wisdom does not seek war but is ready for it 💙

[SurfinScientist]

Interesting discussion, but it doesn't explain tribalism.

[jjazone]

Pretty non stimulating conversation. A bunch of low hanging fruit what ifs
Tldr: violence big bad

[Danally]

It would take a LOT of violence to create a world without much violence. Be careful what you wish for.

[saltymcsaltface]

We came along way from the days of gladiatorial games, human sacrifices and widespread slavery like that of the ancient world

[astraltraveler]

"I came here for an argument. No you didn't. Yes I did. No. Wait a minute, that's not an argument. Yes it is. No, it isn't... you're simply disagreeing with everything I say. Right, time's up."

[dan]

Male violence is the reason we survived against predators 🤷🏻‍♂️