A Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century

A bold, provocative exploration of the tension between our evolutionary history and our modern woes – and what we can do about it We are living through the most prosperous age in all of human history, yet we are listless, divided and miserable. Wealth and comfort are unparalleled, but our political landscape is unmoored, and rates of suicide, loneliness and chronic illness continue to skyrocket. How do we explain the gap between these truths? And how should we respond? For evolutionary biologists Heather Heying and Bret Weinstein, the cause of our woes is clear: the modern world is out of sync with our ancient brains and bodies. We evolved to live in clans, but today many people don't even know their neighbours' names. Survival in our earliest societies depended on living in harmony with nature, but today the food we eat, the work we do – even the light we absorb – is radically different from what our minds and bodies evolved to expect. In this book, Heying and Weinstein draw on decades of their work teaching in college classrooms and exploring earth’s most biodiverse ecosystems to confront today’s pressing social ills – from widespread sleep deprivation and dangerous diets to damaging parenting styles and backward education practices. A Hunter-Gatherer’s Guide to the 21st Century outlines a science-based worldview that will empower you to live a better, wiser life.

In "A Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century" the two evolutionary biologists Heather Heying and Bret Weinstein address how the evolution of the human race has caused challenges in our current time. How is it that people have more wealth and comfort than ever before in history, yet society is plagued by toxic political landscapes and high rates of suicide, loneliness and chronic illness? And are these two facts connected somehow? Wife and husband Heather Heying and Bret Weinstein believe our ancient brains and bodies are not evolved to fit in with the modern world, and that we are harmed by this dissonance. "A Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century" by Heather Heying and Bret Weinstein offers clear principles and guides to confront the "hyper-novelty" of our current culture. The book discusses themes like sex, gender, parenting, and education in an evolutionary context, in the hope of getting the reader to reevaluate some of our modern behavioral patterns.

In "A Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century" the two evolutionary biologists Heather Heying and Bret Weinstein address how the evolution of the human race has caused challenges in our current time. How is it that people have more wealth and comfort than ever before in history, yet society is plagued by toxic political landscapes and high rates of suicide, loneliness and chronic illness? And are these two facts connected somehow? Wife and husband Heather Heying and Bret Weinstein believe our ancient brains and bodies are not evolved to fit in with the modern world, and that we are harmed by this dissonance. "A Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century" by Heather Heying and Bret Weinstein offers clear principles and guides to confront the "hyper-novelty" of our current culture. The book discusses themes like sex, gender, parenting, and education in an evolutionary context, in the hope of getting the reader to reevaluate some of our modern behavioral patterns.