A Crisis of Confidence: The only thing that makes any sense to me is humusHold on. Did you read that title right? Hummus–the delicious dip made from oil and chickpeas — is the only thing I have confidence in…Jan 22Jan 22
Published inHuman PartsA Tale of Two FiresHow my experience with two wildfires helped me find my passionDec 13, 20241Dec 13, 20241
The 5 Fs that Few People want to FaceWe humans have not evolved as much as we humans would like to believe. For example, when people get scared, they react in surprisingly…Dec 8, 2024Dec 8, 2024
The 5 unconscious Rs we need to become aware of (right away)It is not that hard to imagine that prehistoric life for a human would have been nerve-racking. When people lived in nomadic, ancestral…Oct 27, 2024Oct 27, 2024
The Goal of Extreme Awareness“So the question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be.”Oct 9, 20241Oct 9, 20241
3 things we used to be good at (and why we need to get good at them again)When we lived in nomadic ancestral groups, we practiced three things that other species did not–curiosity, imagination and…Aug 2, 2024Aug 2, 2024
What Makes America Great, Again?I made up a word. The word is fander, and it means “to follow critically.” It’s mostly a play on the word fan, which in my mind means “to…Jul 8, 2024Jul 8, 2024
The 7 Unconscious Habits of Highly Human PeopleThere are a few mental processes that we humans learned during our cave dwelling days that people still practice today, but most of us…Apr 12, 20241Apr 12, 20241
Co-registration: Evo Psych’s Most Useful Export (that even most researchers don’t know about)When we lived in groups that were small, isolated, language-less and nomadic, we had a singular goal: FIND FOOD AND SHARE IT. We thought…Feb 12, 2024Feb 12, 2024
What Mainstream Evolutionary Psychology (Currently) has WrongThe field of evolutionary psychology is a fairly new science. The pioneers in the field have been brave in their endeavors, but a few of…Jan 30, 2024Jan 30, 2024