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How We (Literally) Construct Our Worlds
What kind of creatures are we? I am hardly the only one searching for an answer. This is evident in the cottage industry of crafting alternative names…
Oct 9
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Ilari Mäkelä
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Podcast: This Might Be The Nicest Thing About Human Nature
You are given 20 dollars in cash. You can use it as you wish, but with one condition: you have to use it to treat yourself. Now imagine getting another…
Oct 1
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Ilari Mäkelä
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September 2024
How To Understand Chinese History?
Chinese history is long and complex. With its litany of dynasties and hard-to-pronounce names, it presents a formidable challenge to anyone new to the…
Sep 26
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Ilari Mäkelä
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Podcast: What About China? Part I: The Deep Currents of Chinese History
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Sep 3
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Ilari Mäkelä
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August 2024
Is 'Man the Hunter' Dead?
How do hunter-gatherers live? Do they divide jobs between men and women? Or is this a modern myth? I've talked with scholars from both sides of the…
Aug 1
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July 2024
Why Agriculture?
Our ancestors lived from hunting and gathering. Suddenly, humans around the world abandoned this way of life. Why?
Jul 15
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Ilari Mäkelä
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Podcast: What Can Moral Dilemmas Tell Us About Ourselves?
You are driving a car.
Jul 1
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Ilari Mäkelä
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Podcast: What Can Moral Dilemmas Tell Us About Ourselves?
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June 2024
Birth of Modern Prosperity, Part IV: Branko Milanovic on the Great Levelling & Beyond
The Industrial Revolution played in the hands of the rich.
Jun 19
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Ilari Mäkelä
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Birth of Modern Prosperity, Part III: Daron Acemoglu on the Politics of Prosperity
New gadgets are a constant feature of history — improving living standards are not. The lesson? Technological improvements do not, by themselves, lead…
Jun 12
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Ilari Mäkelä
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Birth of Modern Prosperity, Part III: Daron Acemoglu on the Politics of Prosperity
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Birth of Modern Prosperity, Part II: The Story Continues With Brad DeLong
This is part 2 of the Birth of Modern Prosperity.
Jun 4
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Ilari Mäkelä
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Birth of Modern Prosperity: The Story Begins with Oded Galor
This is part 1 of the Birth of Modern Prosperity.
Jun 2
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Ilari Mäkelä
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February 2024
The Beauty and Practice of Human Bonding
Why do we love? What brings us together? How to heal ethnic hatred? According to Arthur Aron, the answer lies in the human desire to grow ourselves…
Feb 5
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Ilari Mäkelä
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