I had a really interesting discussion on the On Humans on hunter-gatherers, what a mobile life might mean to them, and on old notions of progress and development: Did We Evolve To Live In Small Groups? ~ Cecilia Padilla-Iglesias - on-humans.podcastpage.io/episode/39-did…

The Birth of Modern Prosperity: Ilari Mäkelä Interviews Brad DeLong, by DeLong🖖 open.substack.com/pub/braddelong…

The Industrial Revolution didn't benefit the masses. Then things changed for the better. Why? What can we learn from this in the 21st Century? And what does Daron Acemoglu want to celebrate in humanity? | Listen👉onhumans.substack.com/p/daron-acemog…

How did #inequality evolve during the making of modern prosperity? Join Branko Milanovic on this final episode of the Birth of Modern Prosperity, a series which explores the #history of #economics since the 1870s! Listen👉 onhumans.substack.com/p/daron-acemog…

Our ancestors were hunters and gatherers. Suddenly, humans around the world started to abandon this lifestyle. Why? We might finally have the answer, thanks to Andrea Matranga 🇺🇦🌻. (Spoiler: climate change plays a role — but not the role we once thought...)👉 onhumans.substack.com/p/42-why-agric…

This episode, as well as the hypothesis that Andrea Matranga 🇺🇦🌻 puts forward on the role of changing seasonality on the origins of argriculture are fascinating. Have a listen!

I finally found time for the On Humans podcast. Starting with a great episode with Cecilia Padilla-Iglesias about the size of hunter-gatherer societies. Highly recommend. on-humans.podcastpage.io/episode/39-did…

Why was ancient China so innovative? And why did China stagnate later on? And what do exams, authoritarianism, or Buddhism have to do with it all? I had a fascinating chat about this with Yasheng Huang 黄亚生 and my long-time friend Jordan Schneider. Listen 👉 bit.ly/4g8YTJF

If you haven't listened to the On Humans Podcast, I highly recommend it. The discussions are excellent. I've listened to 4 episodes now and they are all very high quality.