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…
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…
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…
Farming was developed first in the Middle East, about 10,000 years ago. It was developed in China 1,000 years later, and in three parts of the Americas several thousands of…
The first people in the world ate wild food that they hunted and gathered. Over the millennia they learned about the lifecycles of plants and animals and used that to…
Genetic evolution for our species is slow, because it depends on parents passing genes down to children generation by generation. Human intelligence evolved over millions of years and hundreds of…
Our ancestors originated in a small part of Africa and spread all over the world. They adapted to life in different places by using their intelligence to figure out how…
Religion played an important role in the evolution of our species. Many people still feel it’s important today. But it can also lead people to make bad decisions. How…
Human intelligence lets us see a big picture of the world, and makes us wonder how to see an even bigger picture. All over the world people have asked the…
If we have survival instincts, why do people commit suicide? Why do people sometimes sacrifice their lives? If we have reproductive instincts, why are some people homosexuals? Why do…