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Although we usually think of technology as something unique to modern times, our ancestors began to create the first technologies millions of years ago in the form of prehistoric tools and weapons. Over time, eight key technologies gradually freed us from the limitations of our animal origins.

Faced with the ceaseless stream of news about war, crime, and terrorism, one could easily think we live in the most violent age ever seen. Yet as New York Times bestselling author Steven Pinker shows in this startling and engaging new work, just the opposite is true: violence has been diminishing for millennia and we may be living in the most peaceful time in our species's existence.

While plenty of entertaining books have been written about the history of alcohol and other intoxicants, none have offered a comprehensive, convincing answer to the basic question of why humans want to get high in the first place. Drunk elegantly cuts through the tangle of urban legends and anecdotal impressions that surround our notions of intoxication to provide the first rigorous, scientifically grounded explanation for our love of alcohol.

Our World is a podcast that explores the big questions and challenges of our modern society. Hosted by Sunny Sun, each episode dives into a different topic, such as media, technology, politics, culture, and more. Sunny interviews experts, activists, and ordinary people to get their perspectives and insights on the issues that matter. If you’re curious about the world we live in today and want to learn more about it, this podcast is for you.

Welcome friend! Join me in exploring Our World Openly as we traverse the interconnected spheres and disciplines of Anthropology, Science, Technology, and Society (STS) Studies, Psychology, History, Politics, Economics, Philosophy, Social Justice, and others; Spheres of reality that are deeply networked through complex relationships, and spheres that rarely, if ever, exist in isolation. It is understanding these spheres together that is essential for understanding this simultaneously beautiful and weird, yet also sometimes cruel and not equal, world of ours. Through meaningful conversations ...

This podcast is dedicated to creating a vision of a peaceful and secure world, grounded in justice and infusing the hope and confidence that we can make the principled choices necessary to attain it.

New York Times, Wired, Atlantic Monthly, Discover bestselling author Steven Kotler has written extensively about those pivotal moments when science fiction became science fact...and fundamentally reshaped the world. Now he gathers the best of his best, updated and expanded upon, to guide listeners on a mind-bending tour of the far frontier, and how these advances are radically transforming our lives.

The unprecedented access to other humans that technology provides has ironically freed us from engaging with them. According to social psychologist Adam Waytz, our increasingly human-free lives come with a serious cost that we’ve already begun to pay: the loss of our humanity. Humans have superpowers. More than any other psychological stimulus, our presence can make experiences feel significant, inspire moral behavior, and encourage action. The Power of Human shows us how to rehumanize and harness these unique abilities to improve our lives, beginning with our jobs.

What can we do to make our world a better place? Join us for intimate conversations exploring pioneering ideas and solutions-focused thinking about the most significant topics of our generation. In a time saturated with information but not as many solutions, listen to advice from great minds and thought leaders about what we can do to make our new world a better place.