Michael Morris

they get they get really well preserved uh by myths because we treat myths in such a sacrosanct way you know where you're not you're not allowed to tell your version of the of the you know noah story you know you're supposed to tell the exact version that's in the bible and uh Similarly, in these aboriginal groups, you're supposed to tell the exact story of the primordial flood myth.

they get they get really well preserved uh by myths because we treat myths in such a sacrosanct way you know where you're not you're not allowed to tell your version of the of the you know noah story you know you're supposed to tell the exact version that's in the bible and uh Similarly, in these aboriginal groups, you're supposed to tell the exact story of the primordial flood myth.

So the Moses story, sorry, I keep saying Moses, it's the Noah story. The Noah story is our primordial flood myth, but it likely is the remnant of this event that happened, that really happened.

So the Moses story, sorry, I keep saying Moses, it's the Noah story. The Noah story is our primordial flood myth, but it likely is the remnant of this event that happened, that really happened.

So the Moses story, sorry, I keep saying Moses, it's the Noah story. The Noah story is our primordial flood myth, but it likely is the remnant of this event that happened, that really happened.

Yeah, and it lasted in the oral tradition for thousands of years before it was written down.

Yeah, and it lasted in the oral tradition for thousands of years before it was written down.

Yeah, and it lasted in the oral tradition for thousands of years before it was written down.

Right. Right. In the sense that it, you know, it provides a warning, you know, the person who lived to tell the story probably had some sort of boat. Yeah. Yeah. So I... I was someone who grew up as a very individualistic and very rationalistic person when I was young. And I studied the humanities and I was told that what distinguished humans from the beasts was our rationality,

Right. Right. In the sense that it, you know, it provides a warning, you know, the person who lived to tell the story probably had some sort of boat. Yeah. Yeah. So I... I was someone who grew up as a very individualistic and very rationalistic person when I was young. And I studied the humanities and I was told that what distinguished humans from the beasts was our rationality,

Right. Right. In the sense that it, you know, it provides a warning, you know, the person who lived to tell the story probably had some sort of boat. Yeah. Yeah. So I... I was someone who grew up as a very individualistic and very rationalistic person when I was young. And I studied the humanities and I was told that what distinguished humans from the beasts was our rationality,

our morality, and maybe our aesthetics, right? That's the glorified notion of what makes humans humans. And in the process of doing the research for this book, I came to see that as very incomplete, that some of the things that make us human and that enabled us to build these wonderful, comfortable civilizations that we live in today are things

our morality, and maybe our aesthetics, right? That's the glorified notion of what makes humans humans. And in the process of doing the research for this book, I came to see that as very incomplete, that some of the things that make us human and that enabled us to build these wonderful, comfortable civilizations that we live in today are things

our morality, and maybe our aesthetics, right? That's the glorified notion of what makes humans humans. And in the process of doing the research for this book, I came to see that as very incomplete, that some of the things that make us human and that enabled us to build these wonderful, comfortable civilizations that we live in today are things

conformity, uh, status seeking and kind of nostalgia about the past sentimentality about the ways of the past. And these are the kinds of things I always used to critique my parents for, you know, like, uh, So yeah, I think that I have come to a different understanding of the world through thinking a lot about how- How the mighty have fallen.

conformity, uh, status seeking and kind of nostalgia about the past sentimentality about the ways of the past. And these are the kinds of things I always used to critique my parents for, you know, like, uh, So yeah, I think that I have come to a different understanding of the world through thinking a lot about how- How the mighty have fallen.

conformity, uh, status seeking and kind of nostalgia about the past sentimentality about the ways of the past. And these are the kinds of things I always used to critique my parents for, you know, like, uh, So yeah, I think that I have come to a different understanding of the world through thinking a lot about how- How the mighty have fallen.

Great question. One of the themes that I try to express is that there's a myth that cultures are kind of like permanent fixtures, that the red and the blue party that we see today in the United States will be around forever and always have been. false. You know, like I'm old enough to know that it was, it was completely different when I was a kid.

Great question. One of the themes that I try to express is that there's a myth that cultures are kind of like permanent fixtures, that the red and the blue party that we see today in the United States will be around forever and always have been. false. You know, like I'm old enough to know that it was, it was completely different when I was a kid.

Great question. One of the themes that I try to express is that there's a myth that cultures are kind of like permanent fixtures, that the red and the blue party that we see today in the United States will be around forever and always have been. false. You know, like I'm old enough to know that it was, it was completely different when I was a kid.