Cultural Evolution Made Humans a Global Species - But at What Cost?

James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana take a look at a recent attempt to quantify the extent to which culture, as opposed to genetic evolution, enabled humans to quickly adapt to different conditions and rapidly spread out all over world, discuss elements from Yuval Noah Harari's "Sapiens" which touched on this concept a decade ago, and consider how the convergence of culture that defines the modern age may make humans less equipped for long term survival. Humans conquered the planet 300 times faster than genetic evolution can explain (Scientific American) (Apple News Link) Sapiens [Tenth Anniversary Edition] (Bookshop.org) Talking to My Daughter About the Economy or, How Capitalism Works--and How It Fails (Bookshop.org)