Encore | The Mindbending Conversation That Topped 2024 (with Donald Hoffman)
Happy New Year 2025! To celebrate, here is an encore of what proved to be the most popular episode of 2024. This rerun combines episodes 30 and 31 into one epic journey towards the frontiers of human...
31 Des 20241h 28min
Live from London | Yasheng Huang on the Origins of Modern China
This was fun! Last Wednesday saw the first-ever live recording of On Humans. The event was held at the London Business School, courtesy of the LBS's China Club. My guest was MIT Professor Yasheng Huan...
23 Des 20241h 25min
A New Theory on the Broadest Patterns of History ~ Ideen Ali Riahi
Persians. Romans. Chinese. Guptas. Abbasids. Mongols. British.The list of the world’s largest empires is a list of different peoples of Eurasia. With the sole exception of ancient Egypt, the Eurasian ...
2 Des 20241h 8min
Is War Inevitable? Lessons from East Asia ~ David C. Kang
Why do wars begin? How can we avoid them? Do countries wage wars whenever it suits their own goals? Or are wars a product of failed understanding and military madmen? These are questions at the centre...
15 Nov 202451min
Is War Natural After All? Revisiting the Debate ~ Luke Glowacki
Our ancestors did not wage war. Warfare emerged only when humans started settling down and storing food. Indeed, some modern hunter-gatherers still enjoy the peaceful existence that once was the natur...
2 Nov 20241h 6min
Nobel-Prize Special | Daron Acemoglu on Why We Should Celebrate Humanity
Daron Acemoglu has been awarded the 2024 Nobel-prize for Economic Science. This is a great testament to his impressive career. But the award was given for his early work on global inequality, together...
18 Okt 202420min
This Might Be The Nicest Thing About Human Nature ~ Lara Aknin
You are given 20 dollars in cash. You can use it as you wish, but with one condition: you have to use it to treat yourself.Now imagine getting another 20 dollars next week. This time, the rules have c...
1 Okt 202455min
What About China? Part III: A Brief History of China’s Future ~ Yasheng Huang
Where is China today? Will its rise continue to benefit the vast majority of its population? Or is Xi Jinping's increasingly repressive government committing one of the biggest blunders of modern hist...
21 Sep 202430min
