Bret Weinstein

For any other creature, once you've named the species, you've pretty much named a niche, some way of being that that species engages in. For human beings, this isn't true. Human beings are like thousands of different species.

For any other creature, once you've named the species, you've pretty much named a niche, some way of being that that species engages in. For human beings, this isn't true. Human beings are like thousands of different species.

The differences between them, there are some physical differences, but most of those differences between the de facto species that exist within our overarching species, most of those differences are housed in the cultural layer, right? They're software. They're not hardware. That is an amazing capability to have.

The differences between them, there are some physical differences, but most of those differences between the de facto species that exist within our overarching species, most of those differences are housed in the cultural layer, right? They're software. They're not hardware. That is an amazing capability to have.

The differences between them, there are some physical differences, but most of those differences between the de facto species that exist within our overarching species, most of those differences are housed in the cultural layer, right? They're software. They're not hardware. That is an amazing capability to have.

for a creature to have the ability to switch niches in this way and therefore adopt every continent every habitat except the arctic has been made productive by people in this way but the question is like why us why why has the human animal been able to do this and no other animal has done anything remotely similar Well, I think that goes back to my advisor's insight.

for a creature to have the ability to switch niches in this way and therefore adopt every continent every habitat except the arctic has been made productive by people in this way but the question is like why us why why has the human animal been able to do this and no other animal has done anything remotely similar Well, I think that goes back to my advisor's insight.

for a creature to have the ability to switch niches in this way and therefore adopt every continent every habitat except the arctic has been made productive by people in this way but the question is like why us why why has the human animal been able to do this and no other animal has done anything remotely similar Well, I think that goes back to my advisor's insight.

The idea that once human beings become their own primary competitor, the primary dictator of the success of a population is how it does against another population that is similarly equipped. That arms race produces incredible problem-solving capability. It's why our craniums were expanded as they were, why our raw processing power is so large compared to our next nearest relative.

The idea that once human beings become their own primary competitor, the primary dictator of the success of a population is how it does against another population that is similarly equipped. That arms race produces incredible problem-solving capability. It's why our craniums were expanded as they were, why our raw processing power is so large compared to our next nearest relative.

The idea that once human beings become their own primary competitor, the primary dictator of the success of a population is how it does against another population that is similarly equipped. That arms race produces incredible problem-solving capability. It's why our craniums were expanded as they were, why our raw processing power is so large compared to our next nearest relative.

It's that capacity which then allowed human beings to become regular niche switching creatures.

It's that capacity which then allowed human beings to become regular niche switching creatures.

It's that capacity which then allowed human beings to become regular niche switching creatures.

Yeah, they compete, but they don't have the, you know, most animals have many arbiters of their success, right? They have, you know, biotic arbiters, competing species. They've got members of their own species. They've got abiotic factors such as, you know, climate and weather. And those factors mean that they're a multiplicity. Of hostile forces for human beings.

Yeah, they compete, but they don't have the, you know, most animals have many arbiters of their success, right? They have, you know, biotic arbiters, competing species. They've got members of their own species. They've got abiotic factors such as, you know, climate and weather. And those factors mean that they're a multiplicity. Of hostile forces for human beings.

Yeah, they compete, but they don't have the, you know, most animals have many arbiters of their success, right? They have, you know, biotic arbiters, competing species. They've got members of their own species. They've got abiotic factors such as, you know, climate and weather. And those factors mean that they're a multiplicity. Of hostile forces for human beings.

We became our own primary hostile force and that created the arms race. So one population against another. Can you outthink your competitors?

We became our own primary hostile force and that created the arms race. So one population against another. Can you outthink your competitors?

We became our own primary hostile force and that created the arms race. So one population against another. Can you outthink your competitors?