Sep 5, 2023
Author and research scientist Lewis Dartnell visits Google to
discuss his book “Being Human: How our Biology Shaped World
History.” The book explores how our biology has shaped our
relationships, our societies, our economies and our wars, and how
it continues to challenge and define our progress.
Powerful yet dextrous, instinctive yet thoughtful, humans are
expert communicators and innovators. Our exceptional abilities have
created the civilization we know today.
But we're also deeply flawed.
Our bodies break, choke and fail, whether we're kings or peasants.
Diseases thwart our boldest plans. Our psychological biases have
been at the root of terrible decisions in both war and
peacetime.
This extraordinary contradiction is the essence of what it means to
be human - the sum total of our frailties and our faculties. And
history has played out in the balance between them. Now, for the
first time, Lewis Dartnell tells our story through the lens of this
unique, capricious and fragile nature. He explores how our biology
has shaped our relationships, our societies, our economies and our
wars, and how it continues to challenge and define our
progress.
Visit YouTube.com/TalksatGoogle to watch the video.