Brett Weinstein
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first heard Aug 2026
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Yeah.
The puzzle is a complex one because we can tell the fact that males and females in our species are different sizes tells us that there's a long history of at least mild polygyny in our species.
But it is also true.
Mild what?
Polygyny.
Well, what your listeners are more likely to understand is polygamy.
An individual male having multiple wives.
But it is also true that the later we go in human history, the more change has come to that system.
And effectively, our cultural software layer has overwritten what is in the ancestral genetic layer.
So most people alive today come from populations that are monogamous.
And there's a reason for that, which is that monogamous cultures have certain advantages in an era of growth and expansion.
They bring all adults who are capable of contributing to child rearing into that process.
And that makes for it increases the rate at which a population can capture a landmass or a resource.
And it also makes for a fairer, safer, more productive society.
It distributes opportunity more evenly.
It makes people less warlike.
It makes people more prone to cooperation.
And these are all major advantages.
And that's before you ever get to the question of personal satisfaction.
And I think something you alluded to in your initial comment is that there is something indescribably important.
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