Our Lives Matter S1E33: Human Universals
Anthropology is the study of differences and similarities among cultures. That means that similarities that all cultures share give us valuable clues to mental traits of our species. That gives…
Our Lives Matter S1E32: Privilege versus Adaptation
People always use their abilities and ideas in their environments to pursue what they value in life, and they think of more ideas in the process. The idea of privilege…
Our Lives Matter S1E31: Worldviews and the Principles of Learning
People live their lives using their abilities and ideas in their environments, and they think of new ideas in the process. The ideas they think of and learn over the…
Our Lives Matter S1E30: The Pros and Cons of Rigid Morality
People always use their abilities and ideas in their environments to decide what to do in life. They think of more ideas in the process. Those ideas build up to…
Our Lives Matter S1E29: Understanding Worldviews
One easy way to see the Web of Human Behavior and Empathy Formula play out is by looking around at people you know. The people who relate to best are…
Our Lives Matter S1E28: The Empathy Formula
We’re all human, and we’re all unique. How do we see through our unique differences to see our fundamental similarities? The Web of Human Behavior connected the first principles…
Our Lives Matter S1E27: The Web of Human Behavior
Modern theatre and evolutionary psychology are founded on parallel discoveries of the same first principles. What’s an easy and effective way to translate between the two? The Web of…
Our Lives Matter S1E25: The Magic of Modern Theatre
Constantin Stanislavski pioneered modern theatre by discovering a set of artistic principles. They let actors construct the subconscious levels of their characters’ thought processes. Those discoveries are parallels to…
Our Lives Matter S1E24: The First 24 Centuries of Theatre
Theatre turns human behavior into an art. But people are very perceptive of human behavior. We have highly developed instincts for interpreting why people do the things they do. For…
Our Lives Matter S1E23: Agriculture and the Clashes of Civilizations
The development of farming led to further social and technological developments. The increase in food production led to the specialization of labor and population growth. Population growth led to cities…