E1075 - #1075 - Roy Baumeister - Why Men Are At The Top Of Society (and the bottom)

Roy Baumeister is a psychologist, professor, and researcher.

Are men inherently more expendable from an evolutionary standpoint—and if so, has that dynamic helped drive innovation? If risk-taking outliers are often responsible for progress, what does that say about the role men play in shaping civilization? And does this tradeoff come at the cost of higher failure, instability, and sacrifice along the way?

Expect to learn why cultures flourish when they exploit men and what that actually means, why men have ended up in higher positions in society and if civilisation runs on male competition, wh...