Christopher Ryan - Why Are We Civilized To Death? | Author of Sex At Dawn - Host of Tangentially Speaking

Christopher Ryan, bestselling author of Sex at Dawn and Civilized to Death, joins Mike Brancatelli for a wide-ranging conversation about human nature, hunter-gatherer societies, sexuality, modern civilization, and the hidden price of “progress.”Originally recorded in 2019, this conversation may be even more relevant today. Has civilization actually improved the quality of human life—or has technological progress left us more isolated, anxious, overworked, and disconnected from the conditions in which human beings evolved?Christopher Ryan’s book Civilized to Death: The Price of Progress challenges the assumption that newer automatically means better. In this episode, Chris and Mike explore what modern society has gained, what it has sacrificed, and whether there is still time to grab the wheel before the ship hits the iceberg.Few living thinkers have influenced my worldview more than Christopher Ryan. His work on human sexuality, cultural conditioning, civilization, and our prehistoric past has fundamentally changed how I understand modern life. This remains one of my favorite conversations ever released on Mikeadelic.• Has civilization actually made human life better?• The difference between human nature and cultural conditioning• Hunter-gatherer life and tribal societies• The psychological and social costs of technological progress• Why comfort does not necessarily produce happiness• Modern alienation, work, community, and disconnection• Monogamy, sexuality, and the ideas behind Sex at Dawn• Whether humanity can change direction before it is too late• Christopher Ryan’s podcast, Tangentially Speaking• The ideas behind Civilized to Death: The Price of Progress00:00 Introduction[ADD ACCURATE TIMESTAMPS AND CHAPTER TITLES HERE]Website: https://www.chrisryanphd.com/Books: https://www.chrisryanphd.com/books/Civilized to Death:https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Civilized-to-Death/Christopher-Ryan/9781451659108Tangentially Speaking:https://chrisryan.substack.com/podcastApple Podcasts:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mikeadelic/id1109139637Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/3k5pBevX3Rcj4GzD99DYciWebsite: https://www.mikebrancatelli.com/Support my work:https://www.patreon.com/cw/mikebrancatelliMikeadelic is an archived long-form podcast exploring psychedelics, consciousness, culture, power, spirituality, human nature, and the strange ongoing project of remaining fully human in the modern world.Subscribe for more conversations from the Mikeadelic archive, and share this episode with someone questioning whether our civilization is actually moving in the right direction.Intro music provided by Danny Barnett and Galaxia.Additional intro music included a mash-up featuring Muse.#ChristopherRyan #CivilizedToDeath #SexAtDawn