{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6448f44fe02da80011384792/69930bd786ac45e7f80b0918?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Language Puzzle: How we talked our way out of the Stone Age - Steven Mithen","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6448f44fe02da80011384792/1771328151576-d1be2d66-147d-4844-9ff8-7757fae03301.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>The relationship between language, thought and culture is of concern to anyone with an interest in what it means to be human.</p><p><br></p><p><em>The Language Puzzle&nbsp;</em>by Steven Mithen explains how the invention of words at 1.6 million years ago began the evolution of human language from the ape-like calls of our earliest ancestors to our capabilities of today, with over 6000 languages in the world and each of us knowing over 50,000 words.</p><p><br></p><p>Out of interest in correctness, Sam investigates cultural ideas across other books from Richard Wrangham, Christopher Boem and Yuval Noah Harari to create this tour de force episode on what the hell was going on.</p><p><br></p><p>Drawing on the latest discoveries in archaeology, linguistics, psychology, and genetics, this episode reconstructs the steps by which language evolved; how it transformed the nature of thought and culture, and how we talked our way out of the Stone Age into the world of farming and swiftly into today's Digital Age.</p><p><br></p><p>- - -</p><p><strong>About Wiser Pod</strong></p><p>Nico and Sam set out to read the world's best books, from philosophy to sci-fi, economics to who knows what.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Sam Webster Harris</strong></p><p>👋 LinkedIn -&nbsp;<a href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-to-change-the-world-the-history-of-innovation/id1815282649\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Sam Harris</a></p><p>🧠 Psychology Pod - <a href=\"https://www.growthmindsetpodcast.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Growth Mindset Psychology</a></p><p>🚀 New Pod - <a href=\"https://www.changetheworldpod.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">How to Change the World</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Nicolas Vereecke</strong></p><p>👋 LinkedIn -&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolasvereecke/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Nico Vereecke</a></p><p>🤖 AI world domination -<strong> </strong><a href=\"https://evilplaninc.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Evil Plan Inc</a></p><p><br></p><p>- - -</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.changetheworldpod.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>How to Change the World: The History and Future of Innovation</strong></a></p><p><br></p><p>Available on all podcast players:</p><ul><li>SPOTIFY - <a href=\"https://open.spotify.com/show/1Fj3eFjEoAEKF5lWQxPJyT\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/1Fj3eFjEoAEKF5lWQxPJyT⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a></li><li>APPLE - <a href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-to-change-the-world-the-history-of-innovation/id1815282649\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-to-change-the-world-the-history-of-innovation/id1815282649⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a></li><li>YOUTUBE - <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/@HowToChangeTheWorldPodcast\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@HowToChangeTheWorldPodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a></li></ul><p><br></p><p>Can't find it on your player?</p><p>RSS feed - <a href=\"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/682b3b86696b5d1232d698a8\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/682b3b86696b5d1232d698a8⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a></p><p><br></p><p>----</p><p><br></p><p>CHAPTERS</p><p>00:00 Little Miracles and Airplanes</p><p>02:26 Wiser pod Introduction</p><p>03:32 Framing the Four-Part Journey</p><p>05:49 The Compression Problem</p><p>09:30 Act 1 – Cognitive Basis of Language</p><p>09:30 Biological History of Languages</p><p>14:27 The Interconnected Brain</p><p>18:03 Complex Words and Abstract Ideas</p><p>21:50 Ad Break</p><p>22:13 Words, Planning, and Teamwork</p><p>23:10 Act 2 – Gossip, Myths &amp; Religion</p><p>23:10 Gossip and the Glue of Society</p><p>26:48 Myths and Shared Delusions</p><p>31:42 Early Religions, Animism and Cave Art</p><p>34:39 Act 3 – Self-Domestication</p><p>34:45 Shame, Blushing, and Human Civility</p><p>38:10 Invitation to Continue on How to Change the World</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Book Nerds Sam Harris & Nicolas Vereecke"}