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When I first conceived this podcast many moons ago, I noted Dr. Chris Ryan as one of my dream guests. I lived by (my version) of the “Sex at Dawn” lifestyle for many years, and although my wayward ways have most definitely changed, I strongly align to the core of Dr. Ryan’s thought-provoking literature.  Humanity has mutated into a strange and disconnected species of which intimacy to each other and the natural world has been well and truly severed. Chris’s most recent book, “Civilized to Death” is a startling anthology of how bad we’ve torched God’s natural plan. 

In this episode, we unpack the threads of our existence, the expansiveness of travel, and how we can reclaim a little bit of what we’ve lost. 

08:50 — Lessons From a Life on the Road

• A life fully traveled with “Scarlett Jo-Van-son”
• The concept of “detribalism”
• Getting comfortable with being an outsider
• How progress separates us from life
• Corporations as living, breathing entities 

25:06 — Breaking Down “Sex At Dawn” 

• How I used “Sex at Dawn” to justify my fear of intimacy  
• The aftermath of the book’s publication and reactions 
• Intimacy networks in hunter-gatherer tribes 
• Looking at hunter-gatherers to understand ourselves 

41:41 — “Civilized to Death” 

• Why hunter-gatherers were affluent
• The Affluent Society by John Kenneth Galbraith
• Natural selection through the ages and around the world
• Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared M. Diamond
• The fascinating connection between agriculture and birth rates 
• Why we demonize hunter-gatherer groups

01:03:58 — How Can We Gain From What We Have Lost?

• Community and health 
• Why treadmills are the enemy 
• Building modern communes 
• Can we integrate psychedelics into the Western world?

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