Read_877 - Once in a Species

April 18, 2025 01:02:48
Read_877 - Once in a Species
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Read_877 - Once in a Species

Apr 18 2025 | 01:02:48

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Show Notes

"This over-developed brain wiring supercharged our interest in scarce assets and our drive to obtain them. Behaviorally, this may have amounted to making us weirdos who collected seashells, simply because we couldn’t help but value their special rarity. But as we’ll explore, that odd behavioral quirk may have made all the difference for our species." — Jesse Myers

What if the secret to humanity’s dominance wasn’t intelligence or brute strength, but a weird obsession with rare objects? Today we dive into a new and wildly interesting piece from Jesse Myers’ that tries to piece together evidence from pre-ancient history that may explain not only the importance of money in civilization, but that it may be more fundamental to the existence of our species than we even realize.Tune in as we dive into the evolutionary roots of money, the power of abstract thought, and what it all means for the future of value.

Check out the original article: Once in a Species by Jesse Myers (Link: https://www.onceinaspecies.com/p/once-in-a-species-73b)

 
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