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Nature & Nurture #90: Dr. Rob Henderson - Luxury Beliefs & Status Signals Time: 1:12:02
Dr. Rob Henderson is a psychologist best known for his research on luxury beliefs.
In this episode, we talk about risk and resilience factors for success in America, including growing up in stable two-parent households. Rob shares how his experience growing up in the foster care system and his military service primed him for identifying luxury beliefs of the upper class during his studies at Yale and Cambridge. We discuss how luxury beliefs confer status upon elites, but disproportionately harm people in poor and working-class communities. As a case-study, we talk about changing norms surrounding monogamy and casual sex. Lastly, we talk about evolutionary pressures for and against monogamy, cooperation, and different moral values.
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Release Date: 18/02/2023, 17:07:06
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