for: cultural evolution, cultural evolution - Bruce Hood, cumulative cultural evolution, CCE, gene-culture coevolution

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• Our evolving technology allowed us to expand into new territories and manipulate the environment in ways that gave us an edge.
• Places like this remind me about how harsh nature can be.
• We're so used to living in air conditioning, and having the comfort of the modern world, but when you go out into nature and experience it first hand, you're reminded very powerfully about how weak we are as an animal.
• And this is because we are fundamentally a cultural species.
• Culture is our life support system.
• Our cumulative culture allows us to
  • cushion ourselves against the harsh realities of the environment and to
  • reshape the environment.