How to Solve Unsolvable Problems, Human Cultural Evolution

The Matt Townsend Show - Season 7, Episode 154

Jun 28, 2018 1:00 pm
1:32:30 mins

How to Solve Unsolvable Problems (14:50) David Niven, Ph.D., is the author of the book: "It's Not About the Shark: How to Solve Unsolvable Problems". Dr. Niven’s "The 100 Simple Secrets of Happy People" – and seven other titles in the series – has sold more than 1 million copies in the U.S., and has been translated in 30 languages. Dr. Niven shares his approach to solve tough problems by focusing on the solution. Human Cultural Evolution (1:00:19) Joseph Henrich, Ph.D., is the Canada Research Chair in Culture, Cognition and Coevolution at the University of British Columbia, where he teaches both Economics and Psychology. He is also Professor of Human Evolutionary Biology, at Harvard. His new book is "The Secret of Our Success: How Culture Is Driving Human Evolution, Domesticating Our Species, and Making Us Smarter". Professor Joe Henrich argues it’s not our brains that saved us, but our culture.

Episode Segments

Episode Segments

How to Solve Unsolvable Problems

45m

David Niven, Ph.D., is the author of the book: "It's Not About the Shark: How to Solve Unsolvable Problems". Dr. Niven’s "The 100 Simple Secrets of Happy People" – and seven other titles in the series – has sold more than 1 million copies in the U.S., and has been translated in 30 languages. Dr. Niven shares his approach to solve tough problems by focusing on the solution.

Human Cultural Evolution

32m

Joseph Henrich, Ph.D., is the Canada Research Chair in Culture, Cognition and Coevolution at the University of British Columbia, where he teaches both Economics and Psychology. He is also Professor of Human Evolutionary Biology, at Harvard. His new book is "The Secret of Our Success: How Culture Is Driving Human Evolution, Domesticating Our Species, and Making Us Smarter". Professor Joe Henrich argues it’s not our brains that saved us, but our culture.