Ari Wallach

You know, for a human baby to come out of the mother as cognitively, intellectually, and physically ready as a baby chimpanzee would take 18 months of gestation, but we only do nine. You know why. Right?

You know, for a human baby to come out of the mother as cognitively, intellectually, and physically ready as a baby chimpanzee would take 18 months of gestation, but we only do nine. You know why. Right?

You know, for a human baby to come out of the mother as cognitively, intellectually, and physically ready as a baby chimpanzee would take 18 months of gestation, but we only do nine. You know why. Right?

Well, we do it because our brains got so big because of all that protein, because Ari and Andy were hunting together using our prospection earlier on this story, that the baby has to come out at nine months because when we went from walking on all fours to being bipedal, the female pelvis closes and there's only so much room for that baby to come out. So they come out early.

Well, we do it because our brains got so big because of all that protein, because Ari and Andy were hunting together using our prospection earlier on this story, that the baby has to come out at nine months because when we went from walking on all fours to being bipedal, the female pelvis closes and there's only so much room for that baby to come out. So they come out early.

Well, we do it because our brains got so big because of all that protein, because Ari and Andy were hunting together using our prospection earlier on this story, that the baby has to come out at nine months because when we went from walking on all fours to being bipedal, the female pelvis closes and there's only so much room for that baby to come out. So they come out early.

We found the optimal balance of nine months roughly, right? But what that means is the baby has to be attached and close to the mother because it's totally helpless. The point is that so much of what we do, we don't critically examine. So you're talking about the breakdown of the family structure. I would argue that breakdown isn't happening now.

We found the optimal balance of nine months roughly, right? But what that means is the baby has to be attached and close to the mother because it's totally helpless. The point is that so much of what we do, we don't critically examine. So you're talking about the breakdown of the family structure. I would argue that breakdown isn't happening now.

We found the optimal balance of nine months roughly, right? But what that means is the baby has to be attached and close to the mother because it's totally helpless. The point is that so much of what we do, we don't critically examine. So you're talking about the breakdown of the family structure. I would argue that breakdown isn't happening now.

That breakdown happened when we decided to move from – you know, tribes and clans of raising children and move into a Victorian-era mindset where we take the grandparent, you know, there's very few species on planet Earth that after the female goes through menopause, they still live. Basically elephants, whales, and humans, right? Why?

That breakdown happened when we decided to move from – you know, tribes and clans of raising children and move into a Victorian-era mindset where we take the grandparent, you know, there's very few species on planet Earth that after the female goes through menopause, they still live. Basically elephants, whales, and humans, right? Why?

That breakdown happened when we decided to move from – you know, tribes and clans of raising children and move into a Victorian-era mindset where we take the grandparent, you know, there's very few species on planet Earth that after the female goes through menopause, they still live. Basically elephants, whales, and humans, right? Why?

Because those are the species where you need others, elders, to help care for the young because of the aforementioned early birthing.

Because those are the species where you need others, elders, to help care for the young because of the aforementioned early birthing.

Because those are the species where you need others, elders, to help care for the young because of the aforementioned early birthing.

Yeah. And so we need – so those stories about what does it mean to have a proper family structure as – whether it's a nuclear family of four or five or 20 of aunts and uncles and around – Look, we did pretty well for the first couple hundred thousand years. And then there was all these things that religion disrupted, right? Taking the children away from the mom.

Yeah. And so we need – so those stories about what does it mean to have a proper family structure as – whether it's a nuclear family of four or five or 20 of aunts and uncles and around – Look, we did pretty well for the first couple hundred thousand years. And then there was all these things that religion disrupted, right? Taking the children away from the mom.

Yeah. And so we need – so those stories about what does it mean to have a proper family structure as – whether it's a nuclear family of four or five or 20 of aunts and uncles and around – Look, we did pretty well for the first couple hundred thousand years. And then there was all these things that religion disrupted, right? Taking the children away from the mom.

These all come from puritanical beliefs. Now we're at this point in this intertidal moment where we have to critically examine why is it we do what we do? What are the things that we want to keep? And what are the things we want to let go of? And how do we move forward? And your question was, well... Why do they want to do that? What's the incentive structure?

These all come from puritanical beliefs. Now we're at this point in this intertidal moment where we have to critically examine why is it we do what we do? What are the things that we want to keep? And what are the things we want to let go of? And how do we move forward? And your question was, well... Why do they want to do that? What's the incentive structure?